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Morgan Corners, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Bedford Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49037. The Survey maps it on the Battle Creek quadrangle.

Morgan Corners within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

76 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Corners between 2018 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 12 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 use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural12
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3

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
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 01205 - 2019
22 September 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 00971 - 2020
21 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 05331 - 2018
13 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 05179 - 2018
8 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 00986 - 2019
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 05036 - 2019
8 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 03805 - 2018
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 03770 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Morgan Corners: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 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
Calhoun Co Pit Bill Smith S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Calhoun County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickman Road Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dickman Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoffman Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Huntington Dredge & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rays Aggregates CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan Corners in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2013: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMorgan Corners$50,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Leroy Township.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMorgan Corners$25,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across portions of Calhoun county.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMorgan Corners-Several power lines and trees were blown down five miles south of Battle Creek. Small hail up to a half an inch in diameter was reported near Burlington.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Orchard Park1.0 miles18
Maplehurst1.5 miles18
Verona Park2.2 miles18
Battle Creek2.4 miles18
Greenfield Park2.7 miles18
Brownlee Park3.3 miles18
Urbandale3.3 miles18
Springfield3.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632687. 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.