BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Mecosta County · listed in 2014 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Morgan West Wheatland Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 55th Ave. between 10 & 11 Mile Rds., Wheatland Township, 49340
- When was it listed? December 2014
- Category. site
- Township. Wheatland township
- National Register reference number. 14001044 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Morgan West Wheatland Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHEATLAND TOWNSHIP FD 190132 - 2019 |
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 199 - 2019 |
| 31 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 223 - 2020 |
| 3 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 04 |
| 3 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 03 |
| 24 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 03 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Morgan West Wheatland Cemetery: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecosta County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14001044 in Record Group 79. |
| Mecosta County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.