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Dayton, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wells Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48723. It stands on Daytona Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Dayton quadrangle.

Dayton within Tuscola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Dayton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 23 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 August 2018Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTUSCOLA 02
3 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARO FD 0000134 - 2018
30 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARO FD 0000131 - 2018
19 May 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARO FD 0000068 - 2018
1 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTUSCOLA 01
25 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARO FD 0000074 - 2019
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKINGSTON FIRE/RESCUE 2018078 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscola County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dayton: 3 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tuscola County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tuscola County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tuscola County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tuscola County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dayton in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEast Dayton$5,000Straight line wind damage occured on Cat Lake road just north of East Blackmore road with several trees snapped in half.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Dayton-Trees reported down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Dayton-Trees down on the road.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindEast Dayton-A trained weather spotter reported 5 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.

Every storm recorded in Tuscola County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Daytona Branch0.3 miles9
East Dayton3.5 miles9
Wilmot5.2 miles10
Caro6.1 miles11
Deford6.2 miles8
Kingston6.3 miles10
Ellington6.6 miles8
Wahjamega8.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617514. 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.