BlockImperial Heights, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Spurr Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49861. It stands on Spurr River. The Survey maps it on the Three Lakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1956 USGS Michigamme quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Three Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Imperial Heights between 1992 and 2018, burning about 8 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROOKED LAKE |
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS LAKE |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GIBSON LAKE FIRE |
| 10 July 2003 | 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 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Imperial Heights: 21 past producers, 10 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Exploration | Gold, Vanadium | Prospect | 1888 | |
| Upper Peninsula Graphite Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | 1987 | |
| Mead Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mead Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Beaufort Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1905 | |
| Beaufort Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| C C I Prospect S90 | Iron | Prospect |
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.
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 Q122569515 | 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 628947. 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.