Meauwataka, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Colfax Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49601. The Survey maps it on the Boon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Mesick quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Boon quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Meauwataka between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 2 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | STODDARD FIRE |
| 20 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | 39 ROAD FIRE |
| 6 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | OUTER LIMITS |
| 18 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | M-115 |
| 13 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | 21 1/2 |
| 1 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SELMA TOWNSHIP FD 0000044 - 2018 |
| 6 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEXFORD 0001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meauwataka in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meauwataka | $14,000 | Sporadic pockets of trees and power lines downed in central Wexford County. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Meauwataka | - | Photo of several quarter sized hailstones near the intersection of north 25 Rd and west 18 1/2 Rd east of Mesick. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Meauwataka | - | Hail about the size of quarters falling on M 115 northwest of Cadillac. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millersville | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Boon | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Gilbert | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Missaukee Junction | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Haring | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Manton | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Harrietta | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sherman | 9.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Meauwataka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122553360 | 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 632062. 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.





