BlockArthur Bay, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ingallston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49858. It stands on Fowler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arthur Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cedar River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Arthur Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Arthur Bay between 1994 and 2019, burning about 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 11TH LANE |
| 3 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BOOT FIRE |
| 18 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MENOMINEE-INGALLSTON FD 0001827 - 2018 |
| 16 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Arthur Bay: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gudwar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State of Michigan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Grove | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Johnson Landing | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar River | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ingallston | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Palestine | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Wallace | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Carbondale | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ingalls | 10.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617423. 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.