Carlton, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Carlton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49325. It stands on Little Thornapple River. The Survey maps it on the Hastings quadrangle.

Carlton within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1951 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Carlton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 332 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Debris and open burning	7
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Natural	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
16 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FREEPORT AREA VFD 0000098 - 2019
20 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FREEPORT AREA VFD 0000079 - 2019
7 May 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000045 - 2019
2 May 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	51 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 April 2009	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BARRY 05
5 April 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CAMPBELL TOWNSHIP FD 61 - 2019
4 April 2015	Debris and open burning	7.8 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BARRY 01

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carlton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Ionia Co. Road Comm. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Stidham Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Barry 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Welcome Corner	2.9 miles	12
Freeport	4.3 miles	12
Coats Grove	4.3 miles	10
Hastings	6.0 miles	12
Woodland	6.2 miles	10
Quimby	8.1 miles	10
Morgan	8.2 miles	10
Irving	9.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622731. 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.