Webster, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Webster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48189. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1902 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1908 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 2009 and 2019, burning about 34 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHTENAW 01 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 19906 - 2019 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000485 - 2019 |
| 30 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000445 - 2018 |
| 22 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEXTER AREA FD 0000688 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000915 - 2018 |
| 16 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEXTER AREA FD 0000576 - 2018 |
| 15 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000259 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Webster: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett No 12 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dunston Pit No 8 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| O E Gooding & Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi Mills | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Scio | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Barton Hills | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Northfield | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Dover | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Foster | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Dexter | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hudson Mills | 6.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617925. 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.










