Fayettes Corner, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cumming Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48654. It stands on Wilkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rose City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Rose City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Fayettes Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | JINX |
| 9 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 04 - BLOW OUT FIRE |
| 18 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 08 - POWERLINE FIRE |
| 14 June 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GIBBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fayettes Corner: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald and Powell Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ogemaw County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose City | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lupton | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Shores | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Selkirk | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Camp Lu Lay Lea | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Campbells Corners | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Damon | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| South Branch | 11.7 miles | 11 |
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 Q122549449 | 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 1619892. 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.




