East Kingsford, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Breitung Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49802. The Survey maps it on the Iron Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of East Kingsford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 400 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLACK WALNUT |
| 21 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRON MOUNTAIN FD 0000259 - 2018 |
| 17 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BALZA |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BREITUNG TOWNSHIP FD 2019-44 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRON MOUNTAIN FD 0000174 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY B DITCH FIRE |
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 East Kingsford: 21 past producers, 7 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Greenstone Deposit | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Caspian Const Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Caspian Const Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fayas Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Feeder Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jackie Foster, Inc. Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| M-35 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Menominee River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Moon Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Niagara Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsford | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Skidmore | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Iron Mountain | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| White Birch Estates | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Antoine | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Quinnesec | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Merriman | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Norway | 8.5 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q118212173 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625204. 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.






