BlockHigman Park, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1970. It stands in Benton Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49022. It stands on Ox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benton Heights quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1927 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Benton Heights quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Higman Park between 2018 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOSEPH FD 228 - 2020 |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOSEPH CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 2019068 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOSEPH FD 159 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000399 - 2019 |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON HARBOR FD 293 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 140 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON HARBOR FD 238 - 2019 |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000425 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Higman Park: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph Terminal Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Harbor | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Joseph | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mizpah Park | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Orchard View Estates | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fair Plain | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Benton Heights | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Vineland | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Benton Center | 4.8 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122559673 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628264. 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.