Ottawa Center, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Crockery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49404. It lies near Fishermans Island. The Survey maps it on the Nunica quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1930 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Nunica quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Ottawa Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROCKERY TOWNSHIP FD 19351 - 2019 |
| 7 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 01 |
| 12 May 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Ottawa Center: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bass River Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rieth-Riley Constr. Aggregate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennison | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Nunica | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Eastmanville | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Robinson | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rusk | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Coopersville | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Allendale | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Clark Corners | 6.1 miles | 12 |
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 Q122595821 | 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 634169. 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.





