Cohoctah Center, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cohoctah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48836. The Survey maps it on the Byron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Durand quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Durand quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Byron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Cohoctah Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 71 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 use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 1993 | Smoking | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000467 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTLAND AREA FD 0000203 - 2019 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000464 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTLAND AREA FD 0000278 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOWLERVILLE FD 207 - 2020 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOWLERVILLE FD 0000206 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURNS TOWNSHIP FD 0000014 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cohoctah Center: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuoss Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cohoctah Center in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Cohoctah Center | $5,000 | Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and snapped with this EF0 tornado. Maximum winds estimated at 80 mph. The tornado touched down near Betterly Road, tracking East, then hooking Southeast to Northeast, tracking across Byron Road before lifting just before Oak Grove Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah Center | - | Trees reported down on road. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah Center | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohoctah | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Deer Creek | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Deerfield Center | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nicholson | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fleming | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fowlerville | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Howell | 10.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122564177 | 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 1623164. 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.






