Fostoria, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Watertown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48435. The Survey maps it on the Mayville quadrangle. 664 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFostoria fell from 694 to 664 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 694 | |
| 2020 | 664 | -30 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mayville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Fostoria between 2006 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000211 - 2018 |
| 23 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTER LAKE FIRE & RESCUE 0000017 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAYVILLE FD 0000031 - 2018 |
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000080 - 2020 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 18F0507 - 2018 |
| 24 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAYVILLE FD 0000028 - 2019 |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTER LAKE FIRE & RESCUE 0000010 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAYVILLE FD 0000027 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fostoria: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkinson Chemical | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Arnold Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baxter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sargent Sand Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuscola County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vassar Gravel Pit & Mill | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayville | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Silverwood | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Juniata | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Millington | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| East Dayton | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Vassar | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wahjamega | 14.4 miles | 11 | |
| Daytona Branch | 14.8 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fostoria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16301783 | 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 626321. 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.




