Horton, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hanover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49246. The Survey maps it on the Spring Arbor quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Spring Arbor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Spring Arbor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Spring Arbor quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 8 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 use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING ARBOR FD 550 - 2020 |
| 12 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 148 - 2019 |
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING ARBOR FD 456 - 2020 |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 152 - 2020 |
| 2 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING ARBOR FD 0000357 - 2018 |
| 4 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING ARBOR FD 300 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 99 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMMIT TOWNSHIP FD 0000843 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Horton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Arbor Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zenith Portland Cement Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horton in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $2,000 | Several large tree limbs were snapped off. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $2,000 | One tree was blown down near the intersection of Reynolds and Horton roads three miles southeast of Spring Arbor. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down near Brooklyn and Horton in southern Jackson 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Arbor | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| South Jackson | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Stoney Point | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Concord | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Sandstone | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Pulaski | 7.1 miles | 11 |
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 Q136348570 | 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 628637. 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.






