BlockMiddleton, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fulton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48856. The Survey maps it on the Perrinton quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Perrinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Perrinton quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Perrinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Middleton between 2018 and 2019, burning about 3 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201922 - 2019 |
| 21 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000170 - 2019 |
| 17 March 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201813 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleton in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Middleton | $20,000 | An EF-0 developed with a path along Hayes Road between Rich Road and Alger |Road in southwest Gratiot county. Sporadic and isolated damage to trees occurred. |One tree in particular was uprooted and fell onto a chain link fence and a few headstones at a cemetery. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | $2,500 | Gratiot County Central Dispatch reported a window was blown out of a resident's home located along Garfield Road just north of Middleton. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Middleton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perrinton | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Brice | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sethton | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Newark | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pompeii | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| New Haven Center | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bridgeville | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Eugene | 7.5 miles | 14 |
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 Q136346815 | 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 632280. 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.