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Hobart, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clam Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49601. The Survey maps it on the Cadillac South quadrangle.

Hobart within Wexford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Hobart between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
21 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTUSTIN AREA FD 2019119 - 2019
27 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEXFORD 07 - BIG PINE FIRE
22 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCADILLAC DPS 0001617 - 2018
4 July 2020Debris and open burning1.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSCEOLA 02 - JUNK FIRE
4 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestFIRECRACKER
26 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCADILLAC DPS 0001180 - 2018
26 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP FD 0000129 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wexford County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hobart: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wilcox Brothers Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dunbar Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcfall Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wexford Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wexford County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hobart in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHobart$12,000A large tree was downed across a road, shingles were removed from a few homes, a steel carport was blown down, and a shed was moved about 40 feet.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHobart$5,000Several trees were downed south of Cadillac.

Every storm recorded in Wexford 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
Benson3.1 miles12
Cadillac5.4 miles12
Axin5.6 miles13
Haring8.2 miles12
Millersville8.8 miles12
Missaukee Junction8.9 miles12
Boon11.0 miles12
Meauwataka12.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617623. 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.