Ingalls, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Mellen Township. It stands on Little Kelley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stephenson quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Ingalls between 1992 and 2019, burning about 104 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RANGE LINE ROAD |
| 5 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MELLEN TOWNSHIP FD 0000019 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ingalls: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B & K Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Boonies Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bridge Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cow Chip Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Daggett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Menimonee County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Packard Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ingalls in 2 storm reports in 2002: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephenson | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wallace | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Palestine | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Koss | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Daggett | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Longrie | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kells | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Carbondale | 6.8 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Ingalls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6031833 | 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 629032. 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.






