BlockAltona, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Hinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49336. It stands on Sylvester Creek. The Survey maps it on the Altona 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 Big Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Big Rapids SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Altona quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Altona between 1995 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 2019064 - 2019 |
| 26 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 2019045 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 01 |
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 185 - 2020 |
| 7 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKEVIEW DISTRICT FD 0000084 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 211 - 2018 |
| 31 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 238 - 2019 |
| 12 May 1996 | Smoking | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Altona in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2007: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Altona | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Altona | - | Numerous trees were reported down across the extreme southern area of the county. Power poles were snapped off along One Mile Road in the southeast corner of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustford | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Canadian Lakes | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sylvester | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Higbee Corner | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Halls Corner | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Borland | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mecosta | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Stanwood | 7.7 miles | 14 |
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 Q118213248 | The 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 620033. 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.
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.