Dorsey, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rock River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49826. The Survey maps it on the Ladoga quadrangle.

Dorsey within Alger County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

1932 USGS Skandia SE quadrangle1:31680
1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Skandia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Ladoga quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Dorsey between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 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
Natural	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
30 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 July 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HAY FIRE
15 June 2005	Natural	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	DUKES
5 May 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	STRAITS LAKE
14 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ROCK RIVER TOWNSHIP FD 0000014 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alger County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dorsey: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Lawson Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Alger 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sundell	0.6 miles	11
Rumely	2.8 miles	11
Ladoga	4.3 miles	11
Kiva	5.9 miles	11
Eben Junction	6.2 miles	11
Traunik	8.2 miles	11
Chatham	8.3 miles	11
Mantila Camp	9.2 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619745. 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.