BlockDalton, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49445. The Survey maps it on the Dalton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Montague quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Montague quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Montague SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Dalton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DALTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000657 - 2019 |
| 5 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLUE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000217 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 04 |
| 11 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP FD 0001527 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 02 - TYLER RD |
| 5 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP FD 0001304 - 2018 |
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 Dalton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccormick Pit | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalton in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | $25,000 | Fully grown oak trees were blown down on some houses in Fruitland and Dalton townships. Some trees were reported to be eighteen inches in diameter. Measured 63 mph wind gusts were recorded at the Muskegon GLERL site and in Norton Shores. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | $15,000 | Several trees were blown down in Dalton, and some of them fell across and blocked roads in the area. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Dalton | - | The public reported one and a half inch diameter hail near Dalton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Junction | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lakewood Club | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lakewood | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| North Muskegon | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Muskegon | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Twin Lake | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| South Whitehall | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Whitehall | 7.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624288. 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.