Munith, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Henrietta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49259. It stands on Cahaogan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Lake quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1919 USGS Rives Junction quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Rives Junction quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Munith quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Pleasant Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Munith between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HENRIETTA TOWNSHIP FD 100 - 2020 |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HENRIETTA TOWNSHIP FD 101 - 2020 |
| 3 April 2019 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201903 |
| 21 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201803 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201802 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HENRIETTA TOWNSHIP FD 0000099 - 2019 |
| 8 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HENRIETTA TOWNSHIP FD 373 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Munith: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittaker and Gooding Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munith in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Munith | $100,000 | A brief EF-0 tornado occurred just north of Whitehead Lake and south of Territorial road in northeast Jackson county. It moved east northeast and lifted just northeast of Leeke road and north of Bowdish road. Intermitted damage was foudn along the path primarily to trees and crops. One business along the path sustained some minor structural damage that included roof damage and siding damage to an outbuilding. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Munith | $100,000 | A brief EF-0 tornado occurred southeast of Stockbridge. It touched down near Orchard Creek east of Fitchburg road and south of Baseline road. Several dozen large trees were impacted with several uprooted trees along the path. Several homes on Musbach road had minor roof damage or damage from tree debris. The tornado lifted near Dewey road. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munith | $15,000 | The Jackson County Sheriff's Department reported trees and power lines were downed in Munith. One tree fell on the roof of a home and another across a vehicle in the area. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munith | - | Roughly a 1 by 2 mile area of widely scattered tree damage was observed about two miles west-northwest of Tompkins. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Munith | - | Jackson County local law enforcement reported flooding of several intersections along Michigan Highway 106 across northeastern Jackson County, in and around the Munith area. NWS Doppler Radar estimated two to three inch per hour rainfall with storm totals in excess of five inches over a two hour period from isolated thunderstorms over this area. No injuries or significant damages were reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trist | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Lake | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Roots | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Waterloo | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Holiday Manor Park | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Francisco | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Grass Lake | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Leoni | 10.2 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Munith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12834045 | 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 633123. 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.







