Wooster, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49412. The Survey maps it on the White Cloud quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS White Cloud SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Wooster between 1993 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WOOSTER |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | NEW SHIRT |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO 03 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASHLAND-GRANT FIRE DISTRICT 274 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BASELINE |
| 8 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CANNON |
| 7 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | NO DETAIL FIRE |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO 01 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wooster in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wooster | $50,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down north of Fremont. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wooster | - | Newaygo county emergency management reported that several trees were blown down in the road near the intersection of 32nd Avenue and Luce. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jugville | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Aetna | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fremont | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Alleyton (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Dayton Center | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| White Cloud | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bishop | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Newaygo | 7.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622220. 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.








