Houseman, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Boardman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49680. The Survey maps it on the Fife Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fife Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fife Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Houseman between 1992 and 2019, burning about 158 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BOARDMAN TOWNSHIP FD 0020952 - 2019 |
| 21 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 0002 |
| 20 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 07 |
| 10 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houseman in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houseman | $1,500 | A large tree was downed along Coster Rd in Springfield Township. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houseman | $1,500 | Large tree downed just east of Fife Lake, just over the county line in Kalkaska County. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Houseman | - | Image on social media with ruler showing at least 1.5 inch hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Houseman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Boardman | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Deibert | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Crofton | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Giddings | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| McGee | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lodi | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Millers Corners | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Taffeltown | 8.7 miles | 14 |
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 Q122594766 | 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 1617629. 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.
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.





