Ahmeek, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Allouez Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49901. It stands on Fulton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ahmeek quadrangle. 127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 869 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAhmeek fell from 146 to 127 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 146 | |
| 2020 | 127 | -19 (-13%) |
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.
- 1941 USGS Ahmeek quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Ahmeek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Ahmeek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Ahmeek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRATIOT RIVER |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALUMET VILLAGE FD 0081219 - 2019 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AHMEEK FD 0200024 - 2020 |
| 5 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SLASHER |
| 5 June 1993 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP FD 0061419 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Ahmeek: 53 past producers, 10 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratiot Copper Mine | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Copper | |
| Michigan Nickel Deposits | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | Sulfides | |
| Michigan Nickel Deposits | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Mohawk | Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1898, 1902 | |
| Mohawkite Fissure | Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1900, 1901 | |
| Centennial No.2 | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1863, 1904 | |
| Iroquois | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1942, 1956 | |
| Wolverine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1882, 1898 | |
| Haltunen Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keweenaw County Pit Number 21 | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Ahmeek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2428628 | 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 619873. 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.







