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Schaffer, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bark River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49807. The Survey maps it on the Schaffer quadrangle.

Schaffer within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Schaffer between 1992 and 2018, burning about 144 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
31 August 2012Recreation and ceremony2.8 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resources19TH ROAD
3 August 2001Debris and open burning3.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresHiawatha National ForestCRIBBAGE
22 July 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2013Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyBOTTLE ROCKET
7 May 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burning1.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Agency004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Schaffer: 1 producer. All of them 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
Steve Marvic Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delta County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schaffer in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSchaffer$1,000The spotter near Schaeffer reported trees greater than five inches in diameter down across his yard.
August 2007Funnel CloudSchaffer-no account filed
June 2007HailSchaffer-no account filed
July 1997HailSchaffer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delta 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
Tesch1.0 miles9
Bark River3.5 miles9
Narenta3.8 miles8
Riverland4.5 miles9
Hyde5.4 miles8
Pine Ridge6.8 miles8
Flat Rock7.6 miles9
Island View10.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637319. 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.