Chicagon, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bates Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49935. The Survey maps it on the Gaastra quadrangle.
On record in Chicagon
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Chicagon Mine Road-Chicagon Creek Bridgelisted 1999 · 0.1 miles away- US 2-Iron River Bridgelisted 1999 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1898 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Gaastra quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Gaastra quadrangle1:31680
- 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
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Chicagon between 1995 and 2019, burning about 26 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRYSTAL FALLS FIRE AUTHORITY 0001930 - 2019 |
| 24 May 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STATE PARK |
| 14 May 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAMARACK |
| 12 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRYSTAL FALLS FIRE AUTHORITY 0001814 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BATES TWP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 180 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 180 workings within 5 miles of Chicagon: 167 prospects, 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Mine | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1851, 1943 | |
| Iron County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oss Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Baker Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1909 | |
| Bates Exploration C2 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bates Exploration C3 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bates Prospect C-25 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bates Prospect C1 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bates Prospect C10 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bates Prospect C17 | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rogers Location | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fortune Lake | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bates Junction | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gaastra | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bates Location | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Scott Lake | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Erickson Landing | 6.3 miles | 13 |
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 Q122573509 | 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 1619487. 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.







