BlockEmerson, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whitefish Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49768. It stands on Tahquamenon River. The Survey maps it on the Emerson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1951 USGS Emerson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Shelldrake quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Two Hearted River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Emerson between 2005 and 2018, burning about 35 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIVER MOUTH |
| 29 April 2018 | Natural | 34 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PREACHER LAKES |
| 16 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | BARK DOCK 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 Emerson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snug Harbor | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Paradise | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Timberlost | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Whitehouse Landing | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Shelldrake | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Eckerman | 13.2 miles | 13 | |
| Strongs | 14.1 miles | 15 | |
| Seewhy | 14.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Emerson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q123339146 | 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 1617545. 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.