Grosse Ile, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Grosse Ile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48138. It lies near Stony Island. The Survey maps it on the Wyandotte quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
On record in Grosse Ile
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 6 records
East River Road Historic Districtlisted 1974
East River Road- North Hickory Canal Bridgelisted 2000
Ferry Street-Thorofare Canal Bridgelisted 2000
Parke Lane Road-Thorofare Canal Bridgelisted 2000
South Pointe Drive-Frenchman's Creek Bridgelisted 2000
St. James Episcopal Churchlisted 1971
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1906 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Grosse Ile between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODHAVEN FD 0000143 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODHAVEN FD 0000140 - 2019 |
| 28 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHGATE FD 0002537 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODHAVEN FD 0000121 - 2018 |
| 30 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIVERVIEW FD 201275 - 2020 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FLAT ROCK FD 0000710 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODHAVEN FD 0000072 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODHAVEN FD 0000071 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grosse Ile: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Iron, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mclouth Steel Trenton Rolling Mill | Iron | Producer | ||
| Sibley Quarry Rockwood Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Sibley Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wyandotte Cement Plt. | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Sibley | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Gibraltar | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Riverview | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cherry Island | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Woodhaven | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Maple Beach | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Wyandotte | 5.9 miles | 19 |
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 Q33440203 | 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 1618870. 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.











