Hodunk, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49094. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burlington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Union City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Union City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Union City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hodunk between 2018 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 3 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | UNION CITY FD 0000044 - 2019 |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | UNION CITY FD 0000039 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLDWATER FD 0000781 - 2018 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | UNION CITY FD 0000031 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | UNION CITY FD 0000030 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLDWATER FD 0000440 - 2018 |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLDWATER FD 0000408 - 2018 |
| 27 March 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | UNION CITY FD 0000019 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hodunk: 2 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peerless Prtlnd Cmnt Co Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Waterbury No 1 Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hodunk in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodunk | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodunk | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodunk | - | Emergency management officials received several reports of trees down in northern parts of Branch county. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodunk | - | Emergency management officials reported numerous trees down across the northern half of the county. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodunk | - | Emergency management officials reported a 12 inch diameter willow tree was blown down onto Girard Road. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hodunk | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hodunk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girard | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Union City | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Batavia Center | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Coldwater | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Trailtree Village | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Batavia | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Matteson | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lockwood | 9.1 miles | 10 |
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 Q122553642 | 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 628372. 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.







