BlockGibbs City, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Iron River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49935. It stands on Edna Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gibbs City quadrangle.
On record in Gibbs City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Camp Gibbslisted 1994
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Gibbs City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Gibbs City quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Gibbs City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gibbs City between 2007 and 2015, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | BLOCKHOUSE |
| 29 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | BUSH CREEK FIRE |
| 17 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | PAINT RIVER FORKS |
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gibbs City: 7 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Morrison Creek Exploration | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mccolman Expl | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Near Morrison Creek Exploration | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Pewabic Expl | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Pewabic West Expl | Iron | Prospect | ||
| South East Morrison Creek Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| West Morrison Creek Exploration | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Beechwood | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Forbes Location | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Homer Location | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Basswood | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mineral Hills | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Virgil Location | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bates Location | 9.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626780. 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.