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Fingerboard Corner, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Koehler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49705. It stands on Adair Creek. The Survey maps it on the Afton quadrangle.

Fingerboard Corner within Cheboygan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Fingerboard Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
23 August 2012Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHEBOYGAN 08 - BIG SKY FIRE
18 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNO ENGINE BOSS FIRE
14 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2019Other causesunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHEBOYGAN 09 - OSTRANDER RD
9 July 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cheboygan County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fingerboard Corner: 3 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed Shale ProspectClayProspect
Afton Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cambell Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Charleviox Lime & StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Legrand Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cheboygan 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
Legrand2.1 miles12
Afton2.5 miles13
Miami Beach7.8 miles12
Tower8.0 miles12
Indian River9.0 miles12
Grand View Beach9.2 miles12
Hangore Heights9.4 miles12
Cold Springs9.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617556. 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.