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Keeler, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Keeler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49057. The Survey maps it on the Sister Lakes quadrangle.

Keeler within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

16 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Keeler between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKEELER TOWNSHIP FIRE RESCUE 171 - 2019
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWATERVLIET FD 322 - 2020
14 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARTFORD FD 294 - 2020
7 May 2020Natural2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSISTER LAKES FD 020-022 - 2020
13 May 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSISTER LAKES FD 020-025 - 2020
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWAYNE TOWNSHIP FD 2018052 - 2018
27 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSISTER LAKES FD 018-034 - 2018
9 March 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKEELER TOWNSHIP FIRE RESCUE 44 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren 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 Keeler: 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
Rudell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver Creek Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Van Buren County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keeler in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Thunderstorm WindKeeler$10,000Law enforcement reported that several trees were blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindKeeler$10,000A tree was blown down and blocked a road in Keeler, and two trees were blown down in Porter township in Lawton.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKeeler$10,000Several trees were blown down in Keeler and also in Lawton.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindKeeler$5,000Numerous trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKeeler$5,000no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindKeeler$3,000no account filed
June 2021HailKeeler-An isolated severe storm produced hail up to one and three quarters inches in diameter near Keeler.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindKeeler-Many large limbs and branches were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Van Buren 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
Woodland Beach2.5 miles10
Sister Lakes3.3 miles10
Fritzburg6.4 miles10
Hartford6.5 miles10
Stoughton Corners8.0 miles10
Lawrence9.6 miles10
Decatur10.2 miles12
Toquin10.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629497. 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.