BlockDunham, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Marenisco Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49947. It stands on Monarch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wakefield NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Wakefield NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1990 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Wakefield NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dunham between 2003 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Ottawa National Forest | MINK ISLAND |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARENISCO VFD 0070719 - 2019 |
| 2 May 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 October 2012 | Natural | 29 acres | Ottawa National Forest | FISHER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dunham: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Outcrop | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunham in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunham | $2,000 | The Gogebic County Sheriff reported two trees down on Chaney Lake Road blocking traffic in both directions. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunham | - | A tree fell down on Chaney Lake Road. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619782. 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.