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Huber, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Denver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49421. The Survey maps it on the Dayton Center quadrangle.

Huber within Newaygo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

64 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Huber between 1998 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 1 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestACADIA
8 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestPINE
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBACKDOWN
23 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National Forest5 MILE RD
12 August 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestHAY FIELD
1 August 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestFLANDERS
9 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestCOMSTOCK
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOCEANA 10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newaygo County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Huber: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Oceana County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Newaygo 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
Aetna5.2 miles14
Volney6.1 miles11
Dayton Center7.1 miles14
Jugville9.1 miles14
Troy9.1 miles11
Walgamor Corners9.4 miles14
Wooster9.6 miles14
Woodland Park10.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617631. 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.