Cohoctah, 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 48855. The Survey maps it on the Byron quadrangle. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
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
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Cohoctah between 1993 and 2020, burning about 46 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARGENTINE TWP FIRE\RESCUE 0000209 - 2018 |
| 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 |
| 18 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cohoctah in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | $2,000 | Multiple 6 inch diameter trees reported down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | $1,000 | Twenty-four inch diameter trees reported down. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | - | Tree reported blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | - | Numerous trees reported blown across northern Livingston County. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | - | Central Dispatch reported a tree and power lines blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | - | A trained weather spotter reported 6 inch tree limbs and small trees down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | - | A large tree was reported blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | - | Uprooted tree blocking cohoctah road. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cohoctah | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Cohoctah | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cohoctah | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Cohoctah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohoctah Center | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Deer Creek | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Deerfield Center | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fleming | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Nicholson | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fowlerville | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Parshallville | 10.0 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 Q122560433 | 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 623544. 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.
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.






