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.
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 Lake City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Stittsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 04 - NAPLES RD |
| 18 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Moorestown | - | Hail of at least 1 inch reported by spotter. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Moorestown | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Moorestown | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Moorestown | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Moorestown | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Moorestown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stittsville | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Star City | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cutcheon | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pioneer | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Keelans Corner | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Merritt | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Morey | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dinca | 13.2 miles | 12 |
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.





