Hickory Corners, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Barry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49060. The Survey maps it on the Delton quadrangle.
On record in Hickory Corners
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Hickory Lodge No. 345listed 2021
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1918 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Delton quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Delton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Corners between 2003 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 278 - 2020 |
| 6 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 178 - 2020 |
| 10 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000221 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGUSTA-ROSS TWP FD 0000073 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HICKORY CORNERS FD 0000048 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 01 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HICKORY CORNERS FD 0000069 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Corners: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Bros Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Rieth-Riley Construction Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stoney Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hickory Corners in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2004: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hickory Corners | $50,000 | Several large trees which were greater than twenty inches in diameter were blown down three miles east of Hickory Corners, in Barry county. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hickory Corners | $10,000 | The public reported several trees were blown down two miles north of Hickory Corners. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hickory Corners | $5,000 | Two trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts just west of Hickory Corners. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hickory Corners | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Hickory Corners | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Beach | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Turners Corner | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Delton | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Stony Point | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Banfield | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cressey | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Creek | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Prairieville | 6.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628188. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.









