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Grand Rapids, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Ontonagon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49953. It stands on Austin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ontonagon South quadrangle.

Grand Rapids within Ontonagon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Grand Rapids in 1992, burning about 4 acres 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
Railroad operations and maintenance10

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
7 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontonagon County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Grand Rapids: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
National MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1848, 1908
Mendenhall MineCopperPast Producer1846, 1847
VictoriaCopperPast Producer1849, 1850

Every working recorded in Ontonagon 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
Old Victoria Historic Townsite4.8 miles14
Victoria5.2 miles14
Rockland5.4 miles14
Ontonagon7.5 miles9
Firesteel7.6 miles12
Greenland9.3 miles13
Green10.0 miles10
Mass City10.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620055. 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.