Kelso Junction, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Crystal Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49920. It stands on Kelso River. The Survey maps it on the Kelso Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Crystal Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kelso Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Kelso Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Kelso Junction between 1994 and 2018, burning about 126 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRON 0006 |
| 25 May 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRON 0003 |
| 23 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | M-69 FIRE |
| 19 May 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 141 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 141 workings within 5 miles of Kelso Junction: 60 occurrences, 46 prospects, 33 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diamond. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Ellen Kimberlite | Diamond | Past Producer | 1971 | |
| Paint Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Upper Peninsula Area | Diamond | Prospect | Kimberlite | |
| Williams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Armania Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1889, 1914 | |
| Armenia Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Bird Exploration | Iron | Prospect | Secondary Enrichment | |
| Caladonia Prospect | Iron | Prospect | Secondary Enrichment | |
| Cayia Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1951, 1954 | |
| Cayia Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1952 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield Location | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Kiernan | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Western Location | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Crystal Falls | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kimball Location | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Odgers Location | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tobin Location | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mansfield | 6.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122564695 | 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 1617655. 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.







