Wequetonsing, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Little Traverse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49740. The Survey maps it on the Harbor Springs quadrangle.
On record in Wequetonsing
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Shay Complexlisted 1972 · 0.8 miles away
Chief Andrew J. Blackbird Houselisted 1972 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Petoskey NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Harbor Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Wequetonsing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000239 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | READMOND-FRIENDSHIP FD 0074371 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PETOSKEY DPS-FIRE DIVISION 0000369 - 2020 |
| 26 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 2018115 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 2018106 - 2018 |
| 7 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 202055 - 2020 |
| 4 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 0003 |
| 19 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 2018079 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Wequetonsing: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Dixie Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Petoskey Shale Mine & Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kegomic Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Petoskey Crushed Stone Co.Ls.Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Backus Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jurek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Koboski Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kuchnicki Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Noggel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Springs Estate | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Harbor Point | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Roaring Brook | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ramona Park | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Harbor Springs | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Beach | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Menonaqua Beach | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Patons Corner | 3.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q122552162 | 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 1616003. 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.





