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Lake Bluff, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Escanaba Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49837. The Survey maps it on the Gladstone quadrangle.

Lake Bluff within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Lake Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2001Fireworksunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2020Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPINE BLUFF
24 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesESCANABA DPS 19-4032 - 2019
8 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHiawatha National ForestTWIN SPRINGS
7 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFORSYTH TOWNSHIP FD 0001959 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lake Bluff: 8 producers, 2 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bichler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Read 150-BLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Algonquin Delta Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Soo Hill Clay Pit ShaleFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Escanaba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delta Co PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gladstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holmberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Payne & Dolan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delta County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Larch1.6 miles9
West Gladstone2.0 miles9
North Escabana (historical)2.0 miles9
Groos2.4 miles9
Wells2.7 miles9
Lambert2.7 miles9
Soo Hill3.1 miles9
Gladstone3.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622825. 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.