BlockGros Cap, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 49781. It stands on Moran River. The Survey maps it on the McGulpin Point quadrangle.
On record in Gros Cap
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
Gros Cap Cemeterylisted 1971
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS McGulpin Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Gros Cap between 2000 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST IGNACE VFD 2019077 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | GROS CAP |
| 2 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | AIRPORT |
| 14 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | CYCLIST SMELLS SMOKE |
| 5 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | LANTS |
| 18 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | OLD #9 |
| 13 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | GROS CAP FIRE |
| 25 May 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | CHEESEMAN MARSH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gros Cap: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pryor and Reavie Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Whitehead Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Shores | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Ignace | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Allenville | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Moran | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| British Landing | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mackinac Island | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Mackinac | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Holmes | 11.2 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122569169 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620086. 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.