BlockLake Superior Estates, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sault Ste. Marie City. It lies in ZIP code area 49783. The Survey maps it on the Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Sault Ste. Marie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Lake Superior Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOO TOWNSHIP FD 0031-19 - 2019 |
| 22 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP VFD 2016006 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGONQUIN |
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 5 MILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lake Superior Estates: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beadle's Brick Yard Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Montero Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| C G Sanderson No. 1 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City Limits Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fornicola Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gordon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| I L Whitehead Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Montero Excavating Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Osborn 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sault Sainte Marie | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gardenville | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shallows | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Baie de Wasai | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rosedale | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Brassar | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dafter | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| McCarron | 10.2 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 Q122567067 | 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 2356127. 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.