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Diorite, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ely Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49814. The Survey maps it on the Diorite quadrangle.

Diorite within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Diorite between 1995 and 2019, burning about 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Debris and open burning2

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
2 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.1 acresMichigan 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Diorite: 29 past producers, 18 occurrences, 10 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Gold&Copper&Tungsten&Zinc ProspectCopper, Gold, Tungsten, ZincOccurrence
Mi.Verde Antique Co.Dolomite QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Ropes MineGold, SilverProducer1880, 1882, 1989
Unnamed Copper and Tungsten ProspecCopper, TungstenOccurrence
Unnamed Copper and Zinc ProspectCopper, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Molybdenum ProspectCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Gold and Copper ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrence
Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marquette County

Storms near this place

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diorite in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDiorite$5,000Law enforcement reported multiple power lines down along County Roads CJ and 496 in Ely Township.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindDiorite-6 inch tree broken.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDiorite-Trees down.

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
Snowville0.9 miles13
Clarksburg1.7 miles13
Humboldt3.1 miles12
South Greenwood3.4 miles13
Clowry3.7 miles15
Humboldt Mine4.0 miles12
Greenwood4.2 miles13
North Lake5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624690. 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.