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Hiawatha, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hiawatha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49854. The Survey maps it on the Hiawatha quadrangle.

Hiawatha within Schoolcraft County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Hiawatha between 1994 and 2019, burning about 89 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural7
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 2014Natural1.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCHOOLCRAFT 0001
30 August 2007Natural27 acresSeney National Wildlife RefugeHICKEY CREEK
19 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIAWATHA TOWNSHIP FD 0201911 - 2019
14 August 2018Arson/incendiarism23 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGH ROLLAWAYS
5 July 2005Natural3.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 July 2009Natural5.5 acresSeney National Wildlife RefugeWEST BRANCH
10 July 2009Natural1.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOUTHSIDE FIRE
29 June 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Schoolcraft County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hiawatha in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHiawatha$1,000Public report of a tree blocking Southside Rd a half mile north of M-94. Time approximated by broadcast media who forwarded the report.
May 2009HailHiawatha-The hail lasted about four minutes and covered the ground.
August 2010HailHiawatha-no account filed
September 2010HailHiawatha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schoolcraft County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ossawinamakee Beach8.4 miles8
Copenhagen Beach9.4 miles8
Richardsons Mill9.5 miles11
Harrison Beach9.7 miles8
Evergreen Shores10.2 miles8
Manistique11.1 miles6
Sunset Beach11.1 miles8
Steuben11.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620182. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.