BlockFountain Point, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Suttons Bay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49653. The Survey maps it on the Suttons Bay quadrangle.
On record in Fountain Point
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fountain Pointlisted 2003 · 0.2 miles away
Lake Leelanau Narrows Bridgelisted 2000 · 0.9 miles away
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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Suttons Bay quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Fountain Point between 1995 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUTTONS BAY-BINGHAM FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY 000014 |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | MCKEESE FIREWORKS |
| 20 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUTTONS BAY-BINGHAM FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY 000008 |
| 11 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore | OVERBY |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CEDAR FD 3872 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fountain Point: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leelanau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Leelanau | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Suttons Bay | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Keswick | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Leland | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Schomberg | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Leelanau Shores | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bodus | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bingham | 6.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626328. 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.