Hunters Creek, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lapeer Township. It stands on Kintz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Metamora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hunters Creek between 2003 and 2019, burning about 22 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000243 - 2018 |
| 23 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELBA TOWNSHIP FD 0000075 - 2019 |
| 17 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000218 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000119 - 2018 |
| 23 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000115 - 2018 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARCADIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2018 |
| 15 April 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000082 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hunters Creek: 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey and Hartwig Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Metamora Pit and Mil | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parrish Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St Clair County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunters Creek in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunters Creek | $10,000 | A barn roof was blown off, along with numerous trees blown down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunters Creek | - | A tree was reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers Creek | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Metamora | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lapeer | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Thornville | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hadley | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Attica | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kerr Hill | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Elba | 8.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628835. 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.







