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Assinins, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Baraga Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49908. The Survey maps it on the L'Anse quadrangle.

Assinins within Baraga County

On record in Assinins

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 1 record

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

82 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Assinins between 1994 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 5 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 burning37
Fireworks10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2

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
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan AgencyZEBA ALLOTMENT
5 September 2011Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyLABOR
28 September 2013Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyUS 41 PINES
27 September 2013Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyPONDS
27 September 2013Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyUS 41 #1
27 September 2013Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyUS 41 #2
5 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan AgencyRR TRACKS
27 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan AgencyTWO BARRELS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baraga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Assinins: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, 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
Baraga County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Silver ProspectSilverProspect

Every working recorded in Baraga 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
Bear Town1.7 miles12
Baraga2.3 miles12
Zeba3.4 miles12
Keweenaw Bay3.5 miles12
L'Anse3.9 miles12
Pequaming5.0 miles12
Bovine6.6 miles12
Arnheim7.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620286. 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.