Leaton, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Denver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48858. The Survey maps it on the Leaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1930 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Leaton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Leaton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MT PLEASANT FD 0000315 - 2019 |
| 18 May 1996 | Smoking | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHEPHERD TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0019294 - 2019 |
| 17 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | BROADWAY |
| 4 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 01 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MT PLEASANT FD 0000289 - 2018 |
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 Leaton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wademans Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leaton in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2012: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Hail | Leaton | - | A trained spotter reported three quarters inch hail northeast of Mt. Pleasant. This was associated with a developing supercell thunderstorm that went on to produce an EF-1 tornado just east of Isabella county. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Leaton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Delwin | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Country Place Park | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rosebush | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wise | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Alembic | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Vernon Center | 6.8 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 Q122572302 | 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 630247. 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.








