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Huntspur, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49838. The Survey maps it on the Milakokia Lake quadrangle.

Huntspur within Mackinac County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Huntspur between 2006 and 2018, burning about 14 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
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
16 August 2007Natural1.8 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMILAKOKIA
18 April 2006Railroad operations and maintenance4.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2016Railroad operations and maintenance7.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mackinac County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Huntspur: 8 producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
East Hical QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer1930
West Hical QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer1930
Hunt Spur Limestone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Inland Lime & StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Inland Lime & Stone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Duncon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mackinac County Pits-Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mackinac 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
Port Inland5.0 miles13
Corinne7.7 miles10
Gould City9.1 miles10
Curtis12.7 miles11
Engadine15.9 miles11
Millecoquins19.5 miles11
Naubinway21.8 miles10
Gilchrist25.8 miles12

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 Q122563038The 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 1617635. 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.