Weldon, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Joyfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49616. It stands on Dair Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benzonia quadrangle.

Weldon within Benzie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
1976 USGS Frankfort SE quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Benzonia quadrangle1:25000
1983 USGS Benzonia quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Crystal Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Weldon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 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
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Debris and open burning	2
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
9 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.7 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BENZIE 01
25 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BENZONIA TOWNSHIP FD 19034 - 2019
6 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 July 2007	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 July 1992	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 June 2007	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CLEON TOWNSHIP FD 0001450 - 2018
7 May 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	THOMPSONVILLE VFD 1900028 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benzie 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Benzonia	4.3 miles	11
Beulah	4.8 miles	10
Thompsonville	7.1 miles	14
Honor	7.2 miles	10
Averytown (historical)	7.4 miles	10
Watervale	8.1 miles	10
Wallin	9.2 miles	14
Elberta	9.4 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617926. 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.