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Denton, Michigan

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Van Buren Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48111. It stands on Apple Run. The Survey maps it on the Denton quadrangle.

Denton within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

25 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Denton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0006436 - 2019
8 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVILLE FD 250 - 2020
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0005507 - 2019
3 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001606 - 2019
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0004628 - 2018
14 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVILLE FD 211 - 2020
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0002536 - 2018
12 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001431 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Denton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Berlin Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redman Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denton in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 3 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDenton-Measured gust at Willow Run Airport.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDenton-A trained spotter estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindDenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Sheldon2.8 miles20
Belleville North3.3 miles19
Cherry Hill3.4 miles24
Edgewater Heights3.8 miles20
Canton4.2 miles20
Belleville4.2 miles19
Roulo5.2 miles19
French Landing5.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624556. 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.