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Holton, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Holton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49425. The Survey maps it on the Holton quadrangle. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Holton within Muskegon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Holton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 538 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1
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
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 09
11 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 08
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT FD 387 - 2019
10 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 0004
1 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 08
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 06
6 July 2008Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 04

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskegon County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Muskegon Brick Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Muskegon County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holton in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2007: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
September 2006HailHolton$10,000The broadcast media reported seven eighths inch diameter hail in Holton.
April 2001HailHolton$10,000no account filed
October 2007Thunderstorm WindHolton$5,000Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindHolton-A large pine tree was uprooted in Norton Shores. Roof damage was done to three houses in downtown Muskegon. Several trees were downed by the wind in Holton.

Every storm recorded in Muskegon 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
Brunswick2.5 miles10
Twin Lake5.7 miles10
Lakewood8.7 miles10
Lakewood Club10.0 miles10
Wolf Lake11.1 miles10
Dalton11.7 miles10
Apple Carr Village12.0 miles11
Berry Junction12.6 miles10

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 Q136348655The 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 1620231. 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.