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Frenchtown, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ishpeming City. It lies in ZIP code area 49849. It lies near Pilot Knob. The Survey maps it on the Ishpeming quadrangle.

Frenchtown within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Frenchtown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
4 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARD ROCK FIRE
30 July 2004Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan 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 159 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 159 workings within 5 miles of Frenchtown: 106 past producers, 25 prospects, 12 occurrences, 10 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Copper, Copper, Gold, Tungsten, Zinc. 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
Gold&Copper&Tungsten&Zinc ProspectCopper, Gold, Tungsten, ZincOccurrence
Mi.Verde Antique Co.Dolomite QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
RopesGold, SilverPlant1880, 1882
Superior Gold & Silver ExplorationGold, SilverProspect1889
Unnamed Copper and Tungsten ProspecCopper, TungstenOccurrence
Unnamed Copper and Zinc ProspectCopper, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Gold and Copper ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence

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
Salisbury0.2 miles15
Lake Angeline0.4 miles15
Winthrop Junction0.5 miles15
National Mine1.0 miles15
Ishpeming1.2 miles15
West Ishpeming1.4 miles15
North Lake2.9 miles15
Negaunee4.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626487. 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.