Eagle Harbor, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eagle Harbor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. It stands on Eliza Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Harbor quadrangle.
On record in Eagle Harbor
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 4 records
Eagle Harbor Light Stationlisted 1984
Eagle Harbor Schoolhouselisted 1972
Holy Redeemer Churchlisted 1972
Tobin Harbor Historic Districtlisted 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Central quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Eagle Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Eagle Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Harbor between 2002 and 2019, burning about 14 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2002 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2015 | Natural | 5.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON GAP |
| 18 October 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAGLE HARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Harbor: 29 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Cu Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Keweenaw County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Amygdaloid Cu Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Arnold Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1860, 1900 | |
| Arnold Cu Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Central Exploration | Copper | Past Producer | 1930, 1934, 1945 | |
| Central Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1854, 1898 | |
| Childs Fissure Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1852, 1860 | |
| Connecticut Fissure | Copper | Past Producer | Copper | |
| Copper Falls | Copper | Past Producer | 1862, 1877 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Harbor in 1 storm report in 2002: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Harbor | - | Trees were downed at Eagle Harbor, Lac La Belle, Copper Harbor, Gay and Eagle River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Falls | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Nepco Camp Number 7 | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Central | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Delaware | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Wyoming | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Eagle Nest | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Eagle River | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Phoenix | 7.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625075. 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.







