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Sharps Corners, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Markey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48653. The Survey maps it on the Lyon Manor quadrangle.

Sharps Corners within Roscommon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Sharps Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 September 2012Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesROSCOMMON 11
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGERRISH TOWNSHIP FIRE AND EMS 19414 - 2019
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesROSCOMMON 09
23 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesROSCOMMON 08
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGERRISH TOWNSHIP FIRE AND EMS 19355 - 2019
2 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBEAVER CREEK FD 19196 - 2019
8 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesROSCOMMON 03 - LAKEWOOD FIRE
19 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roscommon County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sharps Corners: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Halliday Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halliday Sand and Gravel MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roscommon County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Roscommon 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
Lyon Manor4.2 miles11
Houghton Point5.2 miles13
Hillcrest5.6 miles12
Meads Landing6.5 miles12
Higgins Lake6.7 miles12
Roscommon7.2 miles10
Houghton Lake Heights8.1 miles13
Houghton Lake8.5 miles13

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 Q122564622The 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 637675. 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.