BlockJuniper, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Munising Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49895. The Survey maps it on the Juniper quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1931 USGS Munising SE quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Munising quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Munising quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Juniper quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Juniper between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | PK |
| 16 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | LOST LAKE |
| 17 May 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | LOST LAKE |
| 10 May 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | POWELL LAKE |
| 13 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUNISING FD 0000038 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Juniper: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw and Lobb Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetmore | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Doty | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Evelyn | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Indian Town | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Munising | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Shingleton | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Munising Junction | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kentucky | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620397. 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.