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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1952 USGS Ishpeming quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Ishpeming quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARD ROCK FIRE |
| 30 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 159 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold&Copper&Tungsten&Zinc Prospect | Copper, Gold, Tungsten, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Mi.Verde Antique Co.Dolomite Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Ropes | Gold, Silver | Plant | 1880, 1882 | |
| Superior Gold & Silver Exploration | Gold, Silver | Prospect | 1889 | |
| Unnamed Copper and Tungsten Prospec | Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper and Zinc Prospect | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc Prospect | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gold and Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Molybdenum Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | 0.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Angeline | 0.4 miles | 15 | |
| Winthrop Junction | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| National Mine | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ishpeming | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| West Ishpeming | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| North Lake | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Negaunee | 4.0 miles | 15 |
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.






