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Millerton, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Sheridan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49402. It stands on Little Sable River. The Survey maps it on the Millerton quadrangle.

Millerton within Mason County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Millerton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestLEAF
19 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestPICKET FENCE
10 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestUTTER RD
30 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBASS LAKE
11 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestMORESE RD
3 July 2020Fireworks1.4 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestLADY FINGER
20 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestHORSEPOWER
18 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestCAT TAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason 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 Millerton: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lake County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mason County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millerton in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMillerton$50,000Trees were blown down in Sheridan and Branch townships.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindMillerton$30,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across Mason county.

Every storm recorded in Mason 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Batcheller4.9 miles9
Tallman5.0 miles11
Fountain6.8 miles9
Walhalla6.9 miles11
Free Soil10.0 miles9
Custer10.8 miles11
Carr11.5 miles11
Sugar Grove12.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620835. 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.