Morgan, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Castleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49073. It stands on High Bank Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maple Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Maple Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Morgan between 1994 and 2019, burning about 276 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HASTINGS FD 0000429 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HASTINGS FD 0000326 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CASTLETON-MAPLEGROVE-NASHVILLE FD 0000046 - 2019 |
| 2 May 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 51 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Morgan: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Hamilton Marl Operation | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2007: 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Morgan | - | A coop observer reported a funnel cloud seven miles east of Hastings. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Morgan | - | 3/4" diameter hail was observed in eastern Barry county, mainly in Castelton township. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quimby | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Coats Grove | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Nashville | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Maple Grove | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hastings | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Woodland | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Welcome Corner | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dowling | 8.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632682. 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.






