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Antlers, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Powell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49855. The Survey maps it on the Big Bay quadrangle.

Antlers within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Antlers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 burning4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYELLOW DOG
3 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPOWELL TOWNSHIP FD 2020017 - 2020
17 September 2011Natural20 acresMichigan AgencyINDEPENDANCE
9 August 2005Natural2.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2007Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Antlers: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Silver, Silver, Gold, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Daniel Sec 30 Gold ProspectSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrence1891, 1903
Unnamed Silver and Copper ProspectCopper, SilverOccurrence
Barnum Iron MineIronPast Producer
Mather B MineIronPast Producer1844, 1880
Regent Group- Includes: Prince OfIronPast Producer1886

Every working recorded in Marquette County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Homeier1.8 miles12
Alder3.3 miles12
Birch5.6 miles12
Big Bay5.7 miles12
Burns Landing6.4 miles12
Buckroe9.0 miles12
Gillet Landing10.3 miles13
Dodge City11.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617418. 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.