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Wetzel, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mancelona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49659. The Survey maps it on the Mancelona quadrangle.

Wetzel within Antrim County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Wetzel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2004Smokingunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCELONA FD 0015934 - 2018
5 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCELONA FD 0015601 - 2018
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCELONA FD 0015538 - 2018
4 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCELONA FD 0015433 - 2018
28 August 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCELONA FD 0017569 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Antrim County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wetzel: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Antrim Co Pit Schworm IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Antrim Co Pit Wiggins & SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Antrim Co Pits/Tri-Co Sand & StoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kler's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kler's Pit Manthei Dev CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mancelona PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilkes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Antrim 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mancelona2.6 miles16
Antrim3.7 miles16
Green River4.2 miles16
Alba4.4 miles13
Chestonia9.2 miles12
Finkton9.7 miles12
Bellaire10.2 miles15
North Arms11.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617936. 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.