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Somerset Center, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Somerset Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49233. The Survey maps it on the Somerset Center quadrangle. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.

Somerset Center within Hillsdale County

On record in Somerset Center

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

22 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Somerset Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2

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
21 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOMERSET TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 653 - 2020
12 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 148 - 2019
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesADDISON FD 0000552 - 2019
3 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOMERSET TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 322 - 2020
3 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOMERSET TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 249 - 2020
24 April 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 93 - 2020
10 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesADDISON FD 0000473 - 2019
10 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 0000107 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Somerset Center: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Cambridge Junction Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hillsdale County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jerome Brick and Tile Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Jerome PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parks Farm Clay ProspectClayProspect
Peninsular Port.Cement Co Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hillsdale County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Somerset Center in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2003Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center1 hurtEmergency management reported tress down in Somerset Center. One person was injured.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center$10,000Numerous large trees uprooted or down at the mobile home park in Somerset Center. Photos on Twitter.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center$5,000Several trees down or uprooted around McCourite park. Photos on Twitter.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-Several power poles and transmission lines down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-A trained spotter reported trees down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-Emergency management officials reported the top third of a 154 foot tall 911 communications tower was blown over.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-Law enforcement officials reported trees down in the Somerset Center area.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-Several trees blown down. Windows blown out of a mobile home.

Every storm recorded in Hillsdale 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
Lake LeAnn0.8 miles18
Somerset2.0 miles18
Jerome3.4 miles18
Moscow5.1 miles11
Wheatland5.6 miles10
North Adams8.1 miles11
Locust Corners11.5 miles10
Mosherville13.0 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122554112The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 638243. 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.