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Lakeview, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Calumet Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49913. The Survey maps it on the Ahmeek quadrangle.

Lakeview within Houghton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALUMET VILLAGE FD 0081219 - 2019
5 June 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSLASHER
5 June 1993Smoking1.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 June 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 1994Equipment and vehicle use6.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALUMET TWP FIRE/RESCUE 2020021 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houghton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview: 50 past producers, 8 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Copper, Silver, Nickel, Copper. 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
Haltunen Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Michigan Nickel DepositsNickel, CopperProspectSulfides
Michigan Nickel DepositsNickel, CopperProspect
Mohawkite FissureCopper, ArsenicPast Producer1900, 1901
Centennial No.2Copper, SilverPast Producer1863, 1904
WolverineCopper, SilverPast Producer1882, 1898
Allouez Conglomerate No 1 & 2Copper, SilverPast Producer1830
Centennial MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1869, 1920
Kearsarge AmygdaloidCopper, SilverPast Producer1887
Kearsarge MineCopper, SilverPast ProducerLode

Every working recorded in Houghton 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
West Tamarack1.1 miles14
Centennial Heights1.8 miles14
Tamarack1.8 miles13
Calumet2.1 miles13
Centennial2.6 miles14
Swedetown2.6 miles13
Wolverine2.9 miles14
Laurium3.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618744. 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.