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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.

Bovine within Baraga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

52 since 1994

Regional 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Fireworks8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2011Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyLABOR
27 September 2013Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyPONDS
27 September 2013Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyUS 41 #1
27 September 2013Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyUS 41 #2
5 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan AgencyRR TRACKS
27 August 2007Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2011Fireworksunder an acreMichigan AgencyLEAVING
4 July 2000Fireworksunder an acreMichigan Agency007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baraga County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baraga County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gomanche Creek Slate QuarryGranitePast Producer
Taylor MineIron, GraphitePast Producer1880, 1883
Silver River Silver ProspectSilverProspectVein
Taylor MineIronPast Producer1880
Unnamed Silver ProspectSilverProspect

Every working recorded in Baraga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022HailBovine-Video and photos from Facebook revealed golf ball sized hail fell two miles southeast of L'Anse.
May 2021HailBovine-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.

Every storm recorded in Baraga 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
L'Anse2.7 miles12
Herman5.0 miles12
Baraga5.0 miles12
Zeba5.6 miles12
Alberta6.1 miles12
Assinins6.6 miles12
Bear Town7.4 miles12
Pequaming9.0 miles12

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.