BlockFive Points, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Owosso Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48867. The Survey maps it on the Owosso South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1926 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Owosso South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 2018 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO FD 182134 - 2018 |
| 19 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000129 - 2018 |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000095 - 2019 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000099 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000100 - 2018 |
| 11 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000098 - 2018 |
| 4 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000079 - 2018 |
| 18 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO FD 0001096 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Gypsum Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1849 | |
| Fuoss Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Orlando Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Owosso Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shiawassee County Road Comm. Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Crossing | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Owosso | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Burton | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wolf Crossing | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Middletown | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bennington | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Corunna | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Carland | 5.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626117. 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.