Walnut Point, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Convis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49068. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle.
On record in Walnut 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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Stow-Hasbrouck Houselisted 1993 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1921 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Point between 2018 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 5 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARSHALL TOWNSHIP FD 281 - 2019 |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARSHALL TOWNSHIP FD 215 - 2020 |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARSHALL TOWNSHIP FD 217 - 2020 |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARSHALL TOWNSHIP FD 229 - 2019 |
| 17 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREDONIA TOWNSHIP FD 109 - 2020 |
| 4 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARSHALL TOWNSHIP FD 147 - 2019 |
| 28 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELLEVUE FD 019-172 - 2019 |
| 13 May 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELLEVUE FD 020-128 - 2020 |
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 Walnut Point: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Prtlnd Cmnt Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pit No. 3 & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 3 and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pennfield | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lee Center | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ceresco | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Wattles Park | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Greenfield Park | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Partello | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rice Creek | 8.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617918. 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.







