Chestonia, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jordan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49727. It stands on Kocher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chestonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boyne City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Chestonia quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Chestonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANTRIM 03 - STUMBLE TRIP |
| 3 May 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANTRIM 03 |
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 Chestonia: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jh Kocher Shale Pit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Shale Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chestonia in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Lightning | Chestonia | $65,000 | A cooperative observer reported lightning struck a trailer house, setting it ablaze, in the vicinity of East Jordan on the morning of July 14th. This report was corroborated by the Charlevoix Emergency Manager as well as Facebook reports. The structure was two trailer houses joined together; it was a total loss due to the fire. The occupants were all hospitalized...2 were taken to a nearby hospital in Petoskey where they were listed in fair condition; the third had to be transported to a larger hospital in Grand Rapids to receive treatment for his injuries for multiple days. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestonia | $25,000 | Report estimating an 80 foot wide swath of trees down on the southwest side of Walloon Lake. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestonia | $4,000 | Power lines were downed. A tractor-trailer was overturned near the intersection of M-66 and Bartholomew Road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestonia | $1,000 | Several large tree limbs downed. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Chestonia | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Chestonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finkton | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Green River | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Alba | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bellaire | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Snowflake (historical) | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wetzel | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Central Lake | 9.9 miles | 12 |
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 Q122568493 | 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 1617486. 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.




