BlockKincheloe, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kinross Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49788. The Survey maps it on the Dafter quadrangle. 2,587 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1913 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:63360
- 1951 USGS Dafter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Sault Ste. Marie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Kincheloe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIR |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIR |
| 2 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOO TOWNSHIP FD 0024-19 - 2019 |
| 16 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DUKE LAKE -1 |
| 6 May 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DUKE LAKE -2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kincheloe: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Pickford Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Petkus Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Kincheloe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6410479 | 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 2806321. 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.