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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.

Aetna within Newaygo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

69 since 1992

Regional 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestACADIA
3 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestMINNIE LOGS
9 August 2020Debris and open burning1.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNEWAYGO 03
8 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestPINE
4 August 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestFERRIS FIRE
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesASHLAND-GRANT FIRE DISTRICT 274 - 2019
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBACKDOWN
23 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National Forest5 MILE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newaygo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Newaygo County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAetna$10,000Law enforcement reported scattered trees were blown down across mainly northern Newaygo county and that tree damage was especially concentrated from near Hesperia to Brohman.

Every storm recorded in Newaygo 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
Jugville3.9 miles14
Wooster4.7 miles14
Dayton Center5.0 miles14
Huber5.2 miles14
Ramona6.8 miles14
Fremont7.0 miles12
Alleyton (historical)7.3 miles14
White Cloud8.0 miles14

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.