BlockAlpena Junction, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Alpena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49707. It lies near Cow Island. The Survey maps it on the Alpena quadrangle.
On record in Alpena Junction
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bingham Schoollisted 2020 · 0.7 miles away
Alpena County Courthouselisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away- Besser, Herman and Hattie (Ely), Houselisted 2023 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Alpena Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 18N1075 - 2018 |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA FIRE DEPARTMENT 0704 - 2020 |
| 21 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA FIRE DEPARTMENT 0000686 - 2018 |
| 18 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA FIRE DEPARTMENT 0000759 - 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 018N745 - 2018 |
| 21 June 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alpena Junction: 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cement Rock. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpena Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Alpena Quarry | Cement Rock | Producer | 1908 | |
| Limestone Quarry-National Gypsum | Stone | Producer | ||
| Alpena Co Pit Re Glancy Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Klein Pit & 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.
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 Q122596764 | 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 620018. 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.