Fort Wayne, Michigan
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Detroit City. It lies in ZIP code area 48209. It stands on River Rouge. The Survey maps it on the Detroit quadrangle.
On record in Fort Wayne
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fort Wayne, Commanding Officer's Houselisted 1971 · 0.1 miles away
Detroit Savings Bank Southwest Branchlisted 2021 · 0.7 miles away
James A. Garfield Schoollisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 22 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.
- 1905 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
91 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Fort Wayne between 2018 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEARBORN FD 0010923 - 2018 |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0031432 - 2019 |
| 28 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0035675 - 2018 |
| 23 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034275 - 2019 |
| 19 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033618 - 2019 |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033077 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0028065 - 2019 |
| 4 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0028540 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fort Wayne: 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Salt, Halite, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clippert Brick and Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cummings-Moore Graphite | Graphite | Producer | ||
| Detroit Mine | Salt | Producer | ||
| Detroit Salt Mine | Halite | Producer | 1895, 1910 | |
| Mclouth Steel Gibralter Roll'G Mill | Iron | Producer | ||
| Stroble Primary Aluminum Plant | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Wr Grace Zonolite Div | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Detroit Lime Co Calcining Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| River Rouge Limekiln | Calcium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delray | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| River Rouge | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Detroit | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Melvindale | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Dearborn | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ecorse | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Lincoln Park | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Wyandotte | 6.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617568. 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.














