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Moorestown, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Norwich Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49651. The Survey maps it on the Stittsville quadrangle.

Moorestown within Missaukee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Moorestown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 August 2001Smokingunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2019Recreation and ceremony6.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKALKASKA 04 - NAPLES RD
18 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missaukee County

Storms near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moorestown in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022HailMoorestown-Hail of at least 1 inch reported by spotter.
August 2015HailMoorestown-no account filed
August 2015HailMoorestown-no account filed
May 2014HailMoorestown-no account filed
June 2008HailMoorestown-no account filed
April 1993HailMoorestown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Missaukee 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
Stittsville4.0 miles12
Star City6.6 miles12
Cutcheon7.6 miles12
Pioneer8.2 miles12
Keelans Corner9.7 miles12
Merritt9.9 miles12
Morey11.7 miles12
Dinca13.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632658. 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.