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Elkhorn, Michigan

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Inwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49817. The Survey maps it on the Cooks quadrangle.

Elkhorn within Schoolcraft County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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.

Fires near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Elkhorn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWOLF LAKE ROAD #1
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLAINS II
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTHOMPSON TOWNSHIP FD 2019016 - 2019
10 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWOLF LAKE ROAD #2
26 July 2015Railroad operations and maintenance16 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOOKS FIRE
12 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoolcraft County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Elkhorn: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Inwood Stone Products Co. QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Neadow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schoolcraft County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schoolcraft 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Springer2.4 miles8
Michiwaukee Shores2.7 miles8
Minor Beach4.4 miles8
Cooks4.5 miles8
Richardsons Mill4.6 miles11
Sunset Beach4.8 miles8
Evergreen Shores5.2 miles8
Thompson5.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625461. 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.