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Burton, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Middlebury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48867. The Survey maps it on the Ovid East quadrangle.

Burton within Shiawassee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Burton between 2018 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000095 - 2019
12 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000092 - 2019
1 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000086 - 2019
4 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000079 - 2018
25 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000260 - 201
7 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000039 - 2019
28 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000054 - 2019
26 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000035 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shiawassee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Burton: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Grand Rapids Gypsum MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1849
Orlando Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Owosso Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Polhamus Sand and Gravel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shiawassee County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Shiawassee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burton in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2024LightningBurton$35,000Lightning struck a power pole, with the attached electrical wire leading to a house causing a fire.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBurton$4,000Trees and power lines reported blown down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindBurton-A large tree was reported blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBurton-A tree limb was reported down.

Every storm recorded in Shiawassee 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
Wolf Crossing3.2 miles15
Five Points3.2 miles14
Smith Crossing3.5 miles15
Carland3.6 miles14
Bennington5.5 miles14
Owosso5.8 miles14
Hoovers Corners6.5 miles14
Henderson7.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622336. 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.