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Chaison, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Escanaba Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49837. The Survey maps it on the Perkins quadrangle.

Chaison within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Chaison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 284 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Natural1
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
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURNT LOG
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2020Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPINE BLUFF
24 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1998Arson/incendiarism45 acresHiawatha National ForestSLASH PILE
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHiawatha National ForestTWIN SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Chaison: 9 producers, 2 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Algonquin Delta Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Bichler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Read 150-BLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Escanaba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delta Co PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gladstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goedert Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holmberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jaeger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delta 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
West Gladstone2.5 miles9
Kipling2.8 miles9
Gladstone2.8 miles9
Lambert3.0 miles9
Brampton3.8 miles9
Lake Bluff4.5 miles9
Masonville4.8 miles10
Chandler4.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619471. 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.