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Forestville, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marquette Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49855. It stands on Reany Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marquette quadrangle.

Forestville within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Forestville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural8
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Fireworks1
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 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARQUETTE TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0000338 - 2019
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSURVIVOR MAN
3 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOLD BEAGLE CLUB
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWETMORE POND WEST
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBISMARK CREEK
31 August 2003Natural3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Forestville: 12 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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 Copper and Zinc DepositCopper, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Nickel&Lead ProspectCopper, Lead, NickelOccurrence
Unnamed Lead ProspectLeadOccurrence
City of Marquette PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Marquette PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Herman Gunlach CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Copper DepositCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Copper DepositGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Copper DepositGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marquette 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
Sugar Loaf0.8 miles18
Wetmore Landing2.2 miles18
Trowbridge Park2.3 miles18
Freeman Landing2.3 miles18
Brookton Corners2.5 miles18
Marquette4.5 miles18
Pioneer Estates4.8 miles18
Eagle Mills6.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618233. 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.