Five Corners, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Grayling Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49738. The Survey maps it on the Wakeley Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Wakeley Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Five Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,042 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAYLING FD 2018425 - 2018 |
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRAWFORD 16 |
| 2 August 2004 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAYLING FD 2018324 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Babbits Resort | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Louis Cabin Landing | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Pere Cheney | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Deerheart Valley | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Eldorado | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bucks | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Grayling | 10.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619921. 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.





