Hetherton, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 49751. The Survey maps it on the Hetherton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Hetherton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hetherton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Hetherton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000022 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2008 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTMORENCY 09 |
| 20 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VIENNA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000014 - 2018 |
| 26 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTMORENCY 09 |
| 21 June 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTMORENCY 04 |
| 15 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Hetherton: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hetherton in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hetherton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnelly | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bigelow | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Vienna Junction | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lewiston | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Birchwood Beach | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Garland Village | 11.1 miles | 16 | |
| Atlanta | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Canada Creek Ranch | 14.0 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122546871 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617620. 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.




