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Harbor Point, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in West Traverse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49740. The Survey maps it on the Harbor Springs quadrangle.

Harbor Point within Emmet County

On record in Harbor 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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Harbor Point between 1996 and 2020, burning about 27 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000239 - 2019
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesREADMOND-FRIENDSHIP FD 0074371 - 2018
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPETOSKEY DPS-FIRE DIVISION 0000369 - 2020
26 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 2018115 - 2018
17 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 2018106 - 2018
7 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 202055 - 2020
4 June 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMET 0003
21 June 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPETOSKEY DPS-FIRE DIVISION 0000345 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Emmet County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Harbor Point: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Penn Dixie PlantStonePast Producer
Petoskey Shale Mine & MillClayPast Producer
Kegomic Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Petoskey Crushed Stone Co.Ls.QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Backus Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Koboski Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kuchnicki PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Noggel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Emmet County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Harbor Springs0.7 miles14
Wequetonsing1.1 miles14
Harbor Springs Estate1.1 miles14
Forest Beach2.1 miles13
Roaring Brook2.2 miles14
Ramona Park2.2 miles14
Patons Corner3.5 miles14
Petoskey3.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627757. 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.