Kinross, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kinross Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49752. The Survey maps it on the Kinross quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
On record in Kinross
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Kinross Township Hall and Schoollisted 2004 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Brimley quadrangle1:63360
- 1951 USGS Brimley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Kinross quadrangle1:24000, 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
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Kinross between 1992 and 2020, burning about 228 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| 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 |
| 19 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kinross: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petkus Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| N. Pickford Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Thornton Brick Yd Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinross in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinross | $9,000 | The metal roof of an outbuilding was partially removed. A few trees were also downed. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinross | - | no account filed |
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 Q136352794 | 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 629744. 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.







