Phelps, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49720. It stands on Mason Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atwood quadrangle.

Phelps within Charlevoix County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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.

1954 USGS Central Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Atwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Phelps between 2003 and 2019, burning about 141 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
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
3 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CHARLEVOIX TOWNSHIP FD 0000158 - 2019
6 May 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BANKS TOWNSHIP FD 18-0007 - 2018
15 May 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BANKS TOWNSHIP FD 019-008 - 2019
8 April 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 April 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CHARLEVOIX 01
3 April 2004	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BANKS TOWNSHIP FD 019-005 - 2019
21 April 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CHARLEVOIX 02

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlevoix County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Phelps: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Unnamed Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Charlevoix 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Barnard	3.0 miles	13
Ironton	4.6 miles	13
Charlevoix Estates	5.4 miles	13
Norwood	6.4 miles	11
Boulder Park	6.5 miles	13
Charlevoix	6.7 miles	13
East Jordan	8.5 miles	13
Advance	9.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617785. 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.