Cherry Island, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Brownstown Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48173. It lies near Edmond Island. The Survey maps it on the Rockwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1906 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Island between 2010 and 2019, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FLAT ROCK FD 0001101 - 2018 |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODHAVEN FD 0000143 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODHAVEN FD 0000141 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODHAVEN FD 0000140 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCKWOOD FD 0000272 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCKWOOD FD 0000228 - 2018 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 NEWPORT 2019475 - |
| 18 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 NEWPORT 2019457 - |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Island: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mclouth Steel Trenton Rolling Mill | Iron | Producer | ||
| Ritter's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Rockwood Plant | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rockwood Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sibley Quarry Rockwood Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| South Rockwood Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| E. Rockwood Glass Sand Exposure | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ottawa Silica Quarry & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Maple Beach | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Milleville Beach | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| East Rockwood | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Rockwood | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Trenton | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Grosse Ile | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Woodhaven | 4.7 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cherry Island | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q106577962 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623164. 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.











