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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Whitney SE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Schaffer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Schaffer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 19TH ROAD |
| 3 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | CRIBBAGE |
| 22 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | BOTTLE ROCKET |
| 7 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Agency | 004 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Marvic Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schaffer | $1,000 | The spotter near Schaeffer reported trees greater than five inches in diameter down across his yard. |
| August 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Schaffer | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Schaffer | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Schaffer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesch | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bark River | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Narenta | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Riverland | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hyde | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Ridge | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Flat Rock | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Island View | 10.0 miles | 8 |
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.






