OSM islands feature: Trout Island

Summary

This record preserves the current OpenStreetMap islands feature Trout Island (way/157476170). The source snapshot records the feature’s current mapped geometry and tags; it is useful for finding present-day places, structures, and historical markers but is not a legal property record.

Source tags

{
  "gnis:feature_id": "1615110",
  "name": "Trout Island",
  "osm_id": 157476170,
  "osm_type": "way",
  "place": "island",
  "wikidata": "Q48655159",
  "wikipedia": "en:Trout Island (Michigan)"
}

Spatial context

The feature intersects 10 quarter-quarter survey units and 0 held DNR parcel geometries in the current data. Those links are navigation aids. They do not prove that the feature’s historical name, current use, or ownership follows the parcel boundary.

Open questions

• Which deed, tax record, marker file, or institutional record establishes the feature’s legal status or owner, if any?
• Does the current geometry correspond to the historical feature described in the linked KB article, or only to the same name?
• Which historical maps or newspapers provide the earliest reliable location?

See also

• Trout Island
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17NWNW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17NENW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17NWNE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17SWNW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17SENW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17SWNE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17NWSW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17NESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17NWSE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 39N11W17NESE
• GLO survey plat: T39N R11W