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Bolton, Michigan

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Maple Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49776. The Survey maps it on the Long Lake West quadrangle.

Bolton within Alpena County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Bolton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Natural1

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
12 August 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMAPLE RIDGE TOWNSHIP FD 00F1818 - 2018
23 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 0005
24 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 03
2 May 2003Debris and open burning8.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alpena 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 Bolton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Dowling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Alpena County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bolton in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2005: 3 hail. 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
July 2005HailBolton-no account filed
July 2004HailBolton-no account filed
June 2001HailBolton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alpena 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
Cathro2.4 miles7
Ashland7.5 miles7
Long Rapids8.0 miles7
Leer8.0 miles7
Lakewood8.3 miles7
Emerson Station8.8 miles7
Paxton8.9 miles8
Lachine9.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617452. 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.