Peters, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Casco Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48064. The Survey maps it on the New Baltimore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1914 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Peters between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 453 - 2018 |
| 14 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 302 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 266 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 261 - 2019 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 195 - 2020 |
| 20 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 257 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 214 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST CLAIR AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 183 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peters in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Hail | Peters | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casco | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Adair | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fair Haven | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Anchorville | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Starville | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Copeland Corner | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Perch Point | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Muttonville | 6.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624819. 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.








