Bovine, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in L'Anse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49946. It stands on Pekkala Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alberta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1955 USGS Herman 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
- 1985 USGS Alberta quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Bovine between 1994 and 2019, burning about 740 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | LABOR |
| 27 September 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | PONDS |
| 27 September 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | US 41 #1 |
| 27 September 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | US 41 #2 |
| 5 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | RR TRACKS |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | LEAVING |
| 4 July 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | 007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bovine: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Silver, Graphite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baraga County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gomanche Creek Slate Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Taylor Mine | Iron, Graphite | Past Producer | 1880, 1883 | |
| Silver River Silver Prospect | Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Taylor Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Unnamed Silver Prospect | Silver | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bovine in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 2 hail. 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 2022 | Hail | Bovine | - | Video and photos from Facebook revealed golf ball sized hail fell two miles southeast of L'Anse. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Bovine | - | There was a report of one inch diameter hail just southeast of L'anse along Highway US-41. Hail accumulated up to an inch in depth. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2099892. 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.






