Fulton, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Allouez Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. The Survey maps it on the Mohawk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1941 USGS Mohawk quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Mohawk quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Mohawk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Mohawk quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Fulton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AHMEEK FD 0200024 - 2020 |
| 5 June 1993 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP FD 0061419 - 2019 |
| 4 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP FD 0051519 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Fulton: 50 past producers, 8 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratiot Copper Mine | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Copper | |
| Michigan Nickel Deposits | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | Sulfides | |
| Michigan Nickel Deposits | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Mohawk | Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1898, 1902 | |
| Mohawkite Fissure | Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1900, 1901 | |
| Centennial No.2 | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1863, 1904 | |
| Iroquois | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1942, 1956 | |
| Wolverine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1882, 1898 | |
| Haltunen Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keweenaw County Pit Number 21 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Fulton | - | Observers measured 2 to 3 inches of rain across Keweenaw 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626564. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








