Bell, Michigan

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Presque Isle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49777. It stands on Bell River. The Survey maps it on the Long Lake East quadrangle.

Bell within Presque Isle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Long Lake East quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Other causes	1
Debris and open burning	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
6 August 2005	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 20N0695 - 2020
31 May 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 May 2016	Other causes	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Presque Isle County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bell: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bell Clay Shale Pit	Clay	Prospect
Copping Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Great Lakes Stone and Lime Co.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Rockport Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	1915
Stoneport	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Stoneport Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	1954

Every working recorded in Presque Isle 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
Stoneport	3.2 miles	8
Orchard Point	4.0 miles	7
Presque Isle	4.4 miles	8
Leroy	5.1 miles	7
Harbor View	7.0 miles	8
Polaski	12.0 miles	7
Posen	14.1 miles	7
Orchard	16.0 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618822. 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.