BlockHumboldt Mine, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Humboldt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49814. It stands on Halfway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Republic quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Republic quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Humboldt Mine between 1995 and 2019, burning about 5,717 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
| 14 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000058 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CO RD 601 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Humboldt Mine: 30 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Molybdenum, Feldspar, Copper, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Feldspar Quarry | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper&Molybdenum Prospect | Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gold Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mineral Prospect | Molybdenum, Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Molybdenum Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Molybdenum Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| American Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1880, 1922 | |
| American Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Bessie Mine | Iron | Producer | 1844, 1891, 1906 |
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 1617633. 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.