Barton City, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hawes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48705. The Survey maps it on the Barton City quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Glennie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Hubbard Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Barton City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Barton City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 846 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TWO TRACK |
| 23 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TISSUE PAPER |
| 23 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LUCKY STRIKE |
| 16 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALCONA 18 RC COLA FIRE |
| 11 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TROUT LAKE |
| 5 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | JEWEL LK |
| 3 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Barton City: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Pit # 132 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barton City in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2013: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Barton City | $250,000 | Continuation of Oscoda County tornado. Hundreds of trees down and 16 homes damaged. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton City | $24,000 | Several trees were downed onto homes, and power outages were widespread. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton City | $6,000 | Scattered trees were downed in central Alcona County. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton City | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were downed near the intersection of O'Donnell Road and M-72. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton City | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees around Hubbard Lake. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Barton City | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Barton City | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Barton City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backus Beach | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hubbard Lake | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Kurtz | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Killmaster | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Larson Beach | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lincoln | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cheviers | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Glennie | 10.6 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Barton City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4865604 | 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 620662. 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.




