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Bergland, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Bergland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49910. It stands on Three Bears Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bergland quadrangle.

Bergland within Ontonagon County

On record in Bergland

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

8 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

3 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bergland between 1992 and 2010, burning about 2 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
Debris and open burning2
Natural1

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
27 August 2003Natural2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOttawa National ForestLILLIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontonagon 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 Bergland: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Derby MineCopperPast Producer1852, 1865
Fox Valley PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ontonagon County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ontonagon County

Storms near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bergland in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2013: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBergland$4,000The Ontonagon sheriff received numerous reports of downed trees and powerlines on the southern end of Ontonagon county, mainly near Bergland along M-64.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBergland$4,000Numerous large trees were reported down along East Shore Road eastward to Paulding.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBergland$2,000Several trees were downed, and one of the trees was estimated to have a 12-15 inch diameter. Time of the event was estimated from radar.
August 2013HailBergland-Gusty winds were also observed which knocked down some small limbs.
June 2012Heavy RainBergland-Observers from Bergland and Paulding to Rockland measured nearly two inches of storm total rainfall.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBergland-Branches estimated to be six inches in diameter were reported down. Pea-sized hail was also observed.
July 2003HailBergland-Nickel sized hail was reported.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBergland-10 to 16 inch trees downed.
October 2007HailBergland-no account filed
July 2006HailBergland-no account filed
June 2005HailBergland-no account filed
July 1999HailBergland-no account filed
May 1998HailBergland-no account filed
July 1997HailBergland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ontonagon 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
Lake Gogebic2.3 miles12
Merriweather3.6 miles12
Topaz5.7 miles12
Matchwood9.7 miles12
White Pine11.2 miles15
Nonesuch11.5 miles15
Ewen16.0 miles11
Silver City16.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621156. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.