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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lyon Manor quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROSCOMMON 11 |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GERRISH TOWNSHIP FIRE AND EMS 19414 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROSCOMMON 09 |
| 23 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROSCOMMON 08 |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GERRISH TOWNSHIP FIRE AND EMS 19355 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAVER CREEK FD 19196 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROSCOMMON 03 - LAKEWOOD FIRE |
| 19 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halliday Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Halliday Sand and Gravel Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roscommon County Road Comm. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Manor | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Houghton Point | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hillcrest | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Meads Landing | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Higgins Lake | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Roscommon | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Houghton Lake Heights | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Houghton Lake | 8.5 miles | 13 |
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 Q122564622 | 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 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.




