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.
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
Bergland Administrative Sitelisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Bergland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Bergland quadrangle1:25000
- 1999 USGS Bergland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | LILLIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1852, 1865 | |
| Fox Valley Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ontonagon County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergland | $4,000 | The Ontonagon sheriff received numerous reports of downed trees and powerlines on the southern end of Ontonagon county, mainly near Bergland along M-64. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergland | $4,000 | Numerous large trees were reported down along East Shore Road eastward to Paulding. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergland | $2,000 | Several 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 2013 | Hail | Bergland | - | Gusty winds were also observed which knocked down some small limbs. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Bergland | - | Observers from Bergland and Paulding to Rockland measured nearly two inches of storm total rainfall. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergland | - | Branches estimated to be six inches in diameter were reported down. Pea-sized hail was also observed. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bergland | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergland | - | 10 to 16 inch trees downed. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Bergland | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bergland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bergland | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Bergland | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bergland | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Bergland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Gogebic | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Merriweather | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Topaz | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Matchwood | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| White Pine | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Nonesuch | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ewen | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Silver City | 16.4 miles | 15 |
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.







