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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.

Webster within Washtenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

20 since 2009

Regional 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
3 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution6.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHTENAW 01
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 19906 - 2019
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000485 - 2019
30 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000445 - 2018
22 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000688 - 2018
17 July 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000915 - 2018
16 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000576 - 2018
15 May 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000259 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bennett No 12 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dunston Pit No 8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw 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
Delhi Mills4.5 miles17
Scio5.2 miles17
Barton Hills5.4 miles17
Northfield5.5 miles22
Dover5.6 miles19
Foster5.7 miles17
Dexter5.9 miles19
Hudson Mills6.0 miles19

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.