BlockHowardsville, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Flowerfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49067. It stands on Four County Drain. The Survey maps it on the Schoolcraft quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Howardsville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TEXAS CHARTER TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000308 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000334 - 2019 |
| 19 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FABIUS PARK FD 69 - 2020 |
| 11 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FABIUS PARK FD 67 - 2020 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARCELLUS FD 0000030 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARCELLUS FD 0000029 - 2018 |
| 23 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARCELLUS FD 0000025 - 2018 |
| 19 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARCELLUS FD 0000023 - 2018 |
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 Howardsville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howardsville in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flood | Howardsville | $500,000 | The rainfall from the remnants of Lowell and Ike continued to drop heavy rainfall into the early morning hours of the 15th. When the rain finally stopped, total rainfall amounts of eight to ten inches was reported across the southern part of the county, including the Three Rivers area. Numerous roads remained closed with some culverts and bridges suffering damage. No injuries were reported. No exact figures are available for the damage to the area from the flooding. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Howardsville | $100,000 | This tornado crossed into Berrien county Michigan from St Joseph county Indiana south of Niles (see Storm Data for Indiana, Northeast for more information on the beginning portion of this tornado in Indiana). The tornado tracked northeast across extreme southeast Berrien county, then across Cass county and the northeast corner of St Joseph county Michigan. F1 damage was reported south of Niles, near Edwardsburg, and in Cassopolis. The tornado was skipping as it caused general F0 to F1 damage across northeast Cass county and northwest St Joseph county. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howardsville | - | A trained spotter reported a large tree limb roughly five feet in diameter down on Bent Road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howardsville | - | A survey of damage indicated the start of a roughly one mile wide swath of wind damage that started in northeastern Cass county and continued into St. Joseph county. The swath of wind occurred mainly across a heavily wooded portion of the county, resulting in hundreds of trees being snapped or uprooted. In addition, power poles and lines in the area suffered extensive damage. Wind speeds were estimated to be in the 90 to 100 mph range based on the degree of damage and radar evidence. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamberlain | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Flowerfield | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Ridge | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Moore Park | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Three Rivers | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fabius | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Golden Pond Estates | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Parkville | 9.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624614. 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.