Buckroe, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marquette Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49855. It stands on Little Garlic River. The Survey maps it on the Buckroe 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.
- 1954 USGS Negaunee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Buckroe quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Buckroe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLD BEAGLE CLUB |
| 28 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LITTLE GARLIC FALL |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BISMARK CREEK |
| 4 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | POWELL TOWNSHIP FD 0000010 - 2019 |
| 31 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HIGHLIFE |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARQUETTE FIRE/RESCUE 201427 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Buckroe: 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Sec 30 Gold Prospect | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | 1891, 1903 | |
| Daniel Sec 5 Gold Prospect | Gold | Prospect | 1898 | |
| Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc Prospect | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gold&Copper&Silver Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Silver and Copper Prospect | Copper, Silver | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckroe in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckroe | $3,000 | Dispatch was informed of downed trees across County Road 550 near Eagles Nest Road. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Freeman Landing | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wetmore Landing | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Forestville | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Sugar Loaf | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Antlers | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Trowbridge Park | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Brookton Corners | 9.2 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122591222 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622199. 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.






