Foster City, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Breen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49834. It stands on Quarry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foster City quadrangle. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Foster City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Foster City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Foster City between 1994 and 2018, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LUCAS ROAD |
| 20 May 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORWAY VFD 201823 - 2018 |
| 10 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KAYAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Foster City: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caspian Const Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Felch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Metronite Co.Marble Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Calumet Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1882, 1913 | |
| Felch Properties | Iron | Prospect | 1851 | |
| Felch Properties | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hancock Mine | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foster City in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Foster City | $10,000 | Nearly four inches of rain caused minor flash flooding in Foster City on the evening of the 25th. Cunard Road in Foster City was washed out. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Foster City | - | Roads in Foster City were littered with shredded leaves due to hail. The spotter in the vehicle had to pull over and stop due to torrential rainfall. Hail size was estimated as the spotter did not get out of the vehicle to measure it. Torrential rain and hail began around 940 pm CDT and lasted 10 to 15 minutes. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster City | - | Trees as large as 14 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Foster City | - | Three-quarter inch hail was reported. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Foster City | - | Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster City | - | Trees and branches were blown down. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Foster City | - | 1 1/4 inch hail |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster City | - | 12 inch diameter tree was uprooted near Foster City. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster City | - | Trees down. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Foster City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hardwood | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hylas | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Felch | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Felch Mountain | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Theodore | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Metropolitan | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Alfred | 10.2 miles | 10 |
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 Q136352983 | 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 626308. 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.





