BlockHooper, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Martin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49080. The Survey maps it on the Orangeville quadrangle.
On record in Hooper
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
- Second Street-Gun River Bridgelisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Orangeville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hooper between 1994 and 2019, burning about 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000158 - 2019 |
| 17 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 03 FISH LAKE |
| 12 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000129 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP-PINE LAKE FD 0000100 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GUN PLAIN CHARTER TWP FD 0000047 - 2018 |
| 21 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 05 - LEWIS RD. |
| 20 April 2005 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hooper: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.Douglas Sand Exposure | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooper in 1 storm report in 2008: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | Law enforcement in Allegan county reported that several trees were blown down and blocked roads near the intersection of 2nd Street and 112th Avenue as well as 4th Street and 133rd Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neeley | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| East Martin | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Monteith Station | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Martin | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Plainwell | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Shelbyville | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Watson | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Otsego | 7.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628543. 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.