Fair Haven, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Ira Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48023. It stands on Swan Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Baltimore quadrangle. It stands 574 feet above sea level.
On record in Fair Haven
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Vernier Street-Swan Creek Bridgelisted 2000 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Fair Haven between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 2 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 453 - 2018 |
| 25 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BALTIMORE FD 0000831 - 2019 |
| 24 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BALTIMORE FD 579 - 2019 |
| 14 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 302 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 266 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 261 - 2019 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 195 - 2020 |
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 214 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fair Haven: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engleman's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fair Haven in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2009: 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Haven | $1,000 | A trained spotter measured a 60 MPH wind gust and reported a sign partially blown from a building. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Haven | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland Corner | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Anchorville | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Perch Point | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Starville | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Peters | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pearl Beach | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Casco | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pointe aux Tremble | 5.9 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q136342881 | 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 1624519. 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.
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.








