BlockGrosse Pointe Shores, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores City. It lies in ZIP code area 48236. The Survey maps it on the Grosse Pointe quadrangle.
On record in Grosse Pointe Shores
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 1 record
Grosse Pointe Yacht Clublisted 2015
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1905 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1905 USGS Grossepoint quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Lake St. Clair South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Grosse Pointe Shores between 2018 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 5 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034344 - 2019 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034155 - 2019 |
| 11 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EASTPOINTE FIRE/RESCUE 0003704 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EASTPOINTE FIRE/RESCUE 3373 - 2020 |
| 6 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0027928 - 2019 |
| 30 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST CLAIR SHORES FD 0005454 - 2018 |
| 13 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0028947 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0029879 - 2018 |
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 Grosse Pointe Shores: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Huron Salt Co. | Salt | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Pointe Woods | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Grosse Pointe Farms | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Harper Woods | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Grosse Pointe | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Grosse Pointe Park | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Conners Creek | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hamtramck | 9.6 miles | 20 | |
| Detroit | 11.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627467. 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.