BlockMatteson, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Matteson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49028. The Survey maps it on the Bronson North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Bronson North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Matteson in 2019, burning about 3 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 0000112 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 0000096 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Matteson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baggley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Matteson in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Trees uprooted or snapped. Roof blown off. Reported from MPing. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Spotter reported trees down on road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Amateur radio operators reported a four inch diameter tree and some small tree limbs down near Sherwood. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Emergency management officials reported a large tree down at M-86 and Farrand Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia Center | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bronson | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sherwood | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Batavia | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hatmaker | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lockwood | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hodunk | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Union City | 9.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631737. 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.