Meredith, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 48624. The Survey maps it on the Meredith quadrangle.

Meredith within Clare County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Meredith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Meredith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Recreation and ceremony	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	2
Natural	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
12 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GLADWIN 11
9 July 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 July 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CLARE 16
26 July 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 July 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GLADWIN 15
11 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GLADWIN RURAL URBAN FD 0000132 - 2018
5 June 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 June 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Clare 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 Meredith: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	State of Michigan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Clare 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Long Lake Heights	9.1 miles	11
Cooperton	9.6 miles	11
Piney Woods	11.4 miles	11
Airport Forest	11.6 miles	11
Ash Acres	12.6 miles	11
Harrison	12.8 miles	11
Allendale	12.9 miles	11
Buck Trails	13.4 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632119. 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.