Munson, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Medina Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49256. The Survey maps it on the Fayette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1913 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Fayette quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Munson in 2019, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-WALDRON FIRE & AMBULANCE 0000224 - 2019 |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-WALDRON FIRE & AMBULANCE 0000223 - 2019 |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP VFD 0000045 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-WALDRON FIRE & AMBULANCE 0000120 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000068 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000064 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-WALDRON FIRE & AMBULANCE 0000108 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-WALDRON FIRE & AMBULANCE 0000107 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munson in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Creek | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Morenci | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| North Morenci | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Medina | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Canandaigua | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Seneca | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hudson | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clayton | 11.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633128. 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.






