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Dutton, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gaines Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49316. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.

Dutton within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

58 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Dutton between 2016 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 3 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 use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Smoking3
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
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
4 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND RAPIDS FD 0016378 - 2019
19 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 397 - 2018
17 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 434 - 2019
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWYOMING FD 0003335 - 2018
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKENTWOOD FD 02390 - 2018
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 336 - 2018
27 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKENTWOOD FD 02702 - 2019
2 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 517 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent 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 Dutton: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Ponce De Leon Water Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Kentwood MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Kentwood MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1999

Every working recorded in Kent County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dutton in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Dutton-The tornado resulted in mostly tree damage along its 14.5 mile path. The tornado developed just east of the Thornapple River northeast of Caledonia. There it tracked northeast with the peak damage near Campbell Lake where houses sustained roof damage. The track continued northeast crossing I-96 around Hastings Road|before ending just south of Saranac. The tornado began in Kent County and ended in Ionia County.

Every storm recorded in Kent 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
Holy Corners3.7 miles15
Kentwood3.7 miles15
Cutlerville4.2 miles15
East Paris4.8 miles16
Caledonia5.1 miles15
Carlisle5.3 miles15
Labarge5.5 miles12
Alaska5.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625040. 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.