Kenton, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Duncan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49967. It stands on Spargo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Kenton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Kenton between 2000 and 2016, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | JUMBO PIT |
| 29 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | SPARROW RAPIDS |
| 24 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Ottawa National Forest | SOGGY |
| 21 May 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | MILL |
| 2 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | JUMBO |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Ottawa National Forest | SINK HOLE FIRE |
| 19 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | TC |
| 19 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenton in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | $5,000 | Many large trees down, one on hood of truck. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | $5,000 | Many large trees down |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | $1,000 | Michigan DOT reported eastbound and westbound lanes of Highway M-28 were closed in Kenton due to a downed tree on the highway. The report was relayed via social media. |
| October 2012 | Heavy Rain | Kenton | - | The USGS rain gauge at Kenton measured 2.37 inches of rainfall during the event. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Kenton | - | Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Kenton | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Kenton | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | - | Fourteen trees were blown down along the roadway. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | - | Numerous trees down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | - | 16 inch diameter tree downed. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Kenton | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620413. 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.







