BlockLaFayette Landing, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Carp Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49953. It lies near Green Mountain Peak. The Survey maps it on the Carp River East quadrangle.
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.
- 1956 USGS Carp River 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
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Carp River quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Carp River quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of LaFayette Landing between 1995 and 2008, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARELESS CAMPER |
| 16 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORKIES |
| 10 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of LaFayette Landing: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1844, 1865 | |
| Lone Rock Silver Prospect | Silver | Prospect | 1859, 1860 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckshot Landing | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Carp Lake Landing | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Nonesuch | 12.1 miles | 15 | |
| White Pine | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Silver City | 14.5 miles | 15 | |
| Merriweather | 19.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Gogebic | 19.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bergland | 20.1 miles | 12 |
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 Q122568710 | 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 1617666. 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.