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Clarksburg, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ely Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49814. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

Clarksburg within Marquette County

On record in Clarksburg

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Clarksburg between 1995 and 2019, burning about 91 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDIORITE
1 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISHPEMING TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000058 - 2019
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use80 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCO RD 601

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Clarksburg: 23 past producers, 12 occurrences, 8 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Molybdenum, Feldspar. 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
Republic Feldspar QuarryFeldsparPast Producer
Unnamed Copper and Tungsten ProspecCopper, TungstenOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Molybdenum ProspectCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Gold and Copper ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Breitung Gold ExplorationGoldProspect1885, 1889
Grand Rapids & Ishpeming Gold ProspectGoldProspect1889

Every working recorded in Marquette County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarksburg in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Clarksburg$50,000The survey team observed numerous large trees snapped or uprooted along the path of the tornado. There were also trees knocked down on a cabin along with damage to a chimney. A trampoline and lawn furniture were also damaged at another residence.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindClarksburg$7,000Numerous softwood trees were snapped and uprooted near Clarksburg. The time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindClarksburg$2,000The observer east of Champion reported large trees and branches down.
August 2015HailClarksburg-Quarter-sized hail fell for about one minute at the Clarksburg observer's residence.
May 2015HailClarksburg-The observer in Clarksburg measured quarter-sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Marquette 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
Diorite1.7 miles15
Snowville1.8 miles13
Humboldt1.9 miles12
Humboldt Mine2.5 miles12
Clowry3.3 miles15
South Greenwood3.7 miles13
Greenwood5.1 miles13
Wobic5.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623382. 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.