BlockKatakitckon Indian Village, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Watersmeet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49969. It lies near Draper Island. The Survey maps it on the Imp Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1938 USGS Phelps quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Phelps quadrangle1:48000
- 1956 USGS Phelps quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
- 1982 USGS Imp Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Imp Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Katakitckon Indian Village between 1992 and 2018, burning about 47 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | PILE |
| 26 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | FINGER FIRE |
| 5 August 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | SOUTH SHORE |
| 30 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | LVDLAKE |
| 24 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | NORWOOD SHAMION |
| 13 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | SUNRISE |
| 7 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | WEST SHORE ROAD |
| 23 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | IMP |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Katakitckon Indian Village: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanore Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lac Vieux Desert Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lac Vieux Desert Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Military Creek Gravel Pitt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 Q122543939 | 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 1620400. 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.