Kimball, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Kimball Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48074. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smiths Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1928 USGS Hicky quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Smiths Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Smiths Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Smiths Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Smiths Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Kimball between 1994 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 2 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KIMBALL TOWNSHIP FD 512 - 2019 |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KIMBALL TOWNSHIP FD 458 - 2018 |
| 5 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2020 |
| 9 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 1800484 - 2018 |
| 9 April 1994 | Smoking | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KIMBALL TOWNSHIP FD 200 - 2019 |
| 27 April 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARYSVILLE FD 0000520 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kimball: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amcord Cement Co. Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Morton Salt Co--Port Huron, Mich. | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Smock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimball in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimball | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimball | - | A trained spotter reported large tree limbs down, as well as shingles off a roof. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Kimball | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Kimball | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Tappan | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sparlingville | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wadhams | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Smiths Creek | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Thornton | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Tappan | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Marysville | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| South Park | 5.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624643. 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.








