Greenwood, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ely Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49849. It stands on Larson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Republic quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DIORITE |
| 1 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 |
| 2 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000058 - 2019 |
| 27 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 103 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 103 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 61 past producers, 19 occurrences, 18 prospects, 4 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, 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 | |
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper and Tungsten Prospec | Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper and Zinc Prospect | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper&Molybdenum Prospect | Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gold and Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Ropes Mine | Gold, Silver | Producer | 1880, 1882, 1989 | |
| Superior Gold & Silver Exploration | Gold, Silver | Prospect | 1889 |
Storms near this place
9 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $100,000 | The regional central dispatch center reported large power poles down near the intersection of Highway US-41 and County Road 496 in West Ishpeming. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $20,000 | Forty-three trees were uprooted or snapped at Wawonowin Golf Course. Some trees were up to two feet in diameter and all fell in the same direction. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $18,000 | Two trees roughly a foot in diameter fell near the intersection of CR 478 and Highway M-28 west of Ishpeming. One tree clipped the corner of a mobile home and another fell on a camper trailer and truck. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $5,000 | Numerous trees were reported down around Ishpeming...especially west and south of town. The report was relayed through TV-6 news and social media, and the time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $2,000 | Law enforcement dispatch reported downed power lines across a driveway on County Road CD southwest of Ishpeming. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $500 | A large diameter maple tree was observed snapped off around five feet above the trunk in Tilden Township along Marquette County Road 581. A section of the tree landed in the driveway of a NWS Employee. The time of the delayed report was estimated from radar. Winds were estimated around 50 mph. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $500 | A one-foot diameter pine tree was down across Wawonowin Club Road. The report was relayed via the local TV-6 station and was estimated from radar. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Greenwood | - | A Facebook user measured hail between nickel and quarter sized five miles southwest of National Mine. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Greenwood | - | There was a public report of nickel-sized hail seven miles southwest of Ishpeming. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Lake | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| South Greenwood | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| West Ishpeming | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Snowville | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Winthrop Junction | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Frenchtown | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Diorite | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Salisbury | 4.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627374. 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.






