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Dighton, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49655. The Survey maps it on the Dighton quadrangle.

Dighton within Osceola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Dighton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
7 July 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTUSTIN AREA FD 2018144 - 2018
10 July 2018Debris and open burning5.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSCEOLA 02
28 June 2005Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARION COMMUNITY FD 019311 - 2019
28 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestLITTLE DOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osceola County

Storms near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dighton in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 3 hail, 2 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
October 2007Thunderstorm WindDighton$10,000Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
July 2004HailDighton$10,000Broadcast media reported one inch diameter hail in Dighton.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDighton$500A touchdown occurred at Rose Lake Youth Park causing structural damage to several permanent buildings. Many trees were downed by the wind causing damage to several cars and camper trailers. Trees were blown over near Dighton.
July 1994HailDighton-Hail was reported at several locations north and west of Dighton.
April 2026HailDighton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osceola 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
Ina3.7 miles13
Highland5.8 miles13
Tustin6.1 miles12
Pisgah Heights6.3 miles11
Le Roy6.7 miles12
Avondale8.0 miles11
Park Lake8.4 miles11
Dewing's (historical)10.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624674. 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.