BlockKerr Hill, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Hadley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48438. The Survey maps it on the Hadley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1945 USGS Hadley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hadley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Hadley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kerr Hill between 2018 and 2019, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000709 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATLAS TOWNSHIP FD 0000053 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000447 - 2018 |
| 14 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 - ORTONVILLE HILLS |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HADLEY TOWNSHIP FD 0719066 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000436 - 2018 |
| 15 January 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000042 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kerr Hill in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Lightning | Kerr Hill | $40,000 | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerr Hill | $5,000 | A small micro-burst produced 300 yards of damage in length. About 10 uprooted trees and another 15 snapped young pine trees. One home and outbuilding lost some shingles. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Kerr Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Kerr Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Farmers Creek | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Metamora | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hunters Creek | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Thornville | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Elba | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lapeer | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dryden | 14.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617657. 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.