Cathro, 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 49707. The Survey maps it on the Long Lake West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Long Lake West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Cathro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 20N0695 - 2020 |
| 31 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE RIDGE TOWNSHIP FD 00F1818 - 2018 |
| 23 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 19N624A - 2019 |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cathro: 2 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dowling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Klein Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cathro in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2005: 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cathro | $1,000 | A large willow tree was downed by wind. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Cathro | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cathro | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Cathro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Ashland | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lakewood | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Paxton | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Emerson Station | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Alpena Junction | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| McHarg | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Long Rapids | 9.2 miles | 7 |
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 Q122595335 | 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 622879. 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.





