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Bete Grise, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. It lies near Mount Houghton. The Survey maps it on the Lake Medora quadrangle.

Bete Grise within Keweenaw County

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 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bete Grise between 2001 and 2006, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2002Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Keweenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Bete Grise: 12 past producers, 11 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
543-S DepositCopperProducer1996
813 - Mt. Bohemia WestCopperProspectChalcocite
Aetna Copper MineCopperPast Producer
Aetna Exploration Copper MineCopperPast Producer1864, 1867
Bluff Wyoming MineCopperPast Producer1865
Cape MineCopperPast Producer1854
Empire Copper MineCopperPast Producer
G-13CopperProspectChalcocite
G-2CopperProspectChalcocite
Hanover MineCopperPast Producer1852

Every working recorded in Keweenaw 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
Lac La Belle3.4 miles23
Mandan4.1 miles23
Copper Harbor6.6 miles12
Wyoming7.0 miles23
Delaware7.8 miles23
Betsy8.4 miles14
Nepco Camp Number 710.1 miles14
Eagle Harbor12.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621195. 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.