Auvinen Corner, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Ironwood Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49911. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Copper Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Ironwood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Copper Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Auvinen Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9 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 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BESSEMER FD 0200913 - 2020 |
| 10 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | MARGARET |
| 1 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Auvinen Corner: 24 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gogebic County Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cebolski Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Globe Industries Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Les Johnson Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Uno Talo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wedenoja Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Anvil-Palms-Keeweenaw Group | Iron | Past Producer | 1886, 1887 | |
| Anvil-Palms-Keweenaw Group | Iron | Past Producer | 1887, 1957 | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1884, 1923 | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1884 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Bessemer | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Siemens | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hautala Corner | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| North Ironwood | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bessemer | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hillcrest | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Yale | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Jessieville | 4.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122569757 | 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 1617426. 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.




