Aetna, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Denver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49412. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dayton Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS White Cloud SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Dayton Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Aetna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ACADIA |
| 3 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MINNIE LOGS |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO 03 |
| 8 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | PINE |
| 4 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | FERRIS FIRE |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASHLAND-GRANT FIRE DISTRICT 274 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BACKDOWN |
| 23 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | 5 MILE RD |
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 Aetna: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aetna in 1 storm report in 2020: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aetna | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported scattered trees were blown down across mainly northern Newaygo county and that tree damage was especially concentrated from near Hesperia to Brohman. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jugville | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wooster | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dayton Center | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Huber | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ramona | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fremont | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Alleyton (historical) | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| White Cloud | 8.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617404. 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.








