Eagle Mills, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Negaunee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49866. The Survey maps it on the Negaunee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS Negaunee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Negaunee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Mills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARP BRIDGE |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MCCLURE BOAT LAUNCH |
| 12 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | POWER PLANT |
| 28 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEEJEE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 84 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Mills: 49 past producers, 19 occurrences, 10 prospects, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindberg Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper and Zinc Deposit | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Lead Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gold and Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gold and Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| 480 Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Herman Gunlach Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Krygorski Const Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper Deposit | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Mills in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $3,000 | Trees were reported down by law enforcement southwest of Trowbridge Park. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $1,000 | The Marquette County Central Dispatch reported a tree down on power lines off Midway Drive in Negaunee Township. The max wind gust at NWS Marquette was 47 mph just a few minutes prior to this damage report. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $1,000 | There were a couple of trees knocked down along County Road 492 between Marquette and Negaunee. The time of the delayed report was estimated from radar. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $500 | A tree was knocked down and blocked part of Highway M-35 near Negaunee just south of Highway US-41. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Eagle Mills | - | Dime and penny sized hail were observed along Midway Drive and Marquette County Road 510. |
| October 2017 | Hail | Eagle Mills | - | An NWS employee reported dime-sized hail west of Marquette along Highway US-41. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Negaunee | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Brookton Corners | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cascade | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Palmer | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Trowbridge Park | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Forestville | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Pioneer Estates | 6.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625090. 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.






