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Lambert, 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. It stands on Reno Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gladstone quadrangle.

Lambert 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Lambert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 320 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Natural2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
2 August 1998Arson/incendiarism45 acresHiawatha National ForestSLASH PILE
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesESCANABA DPS 19-4032 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lambert: 9 producers, 3 past producers. 9 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
Goedert Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holmberg 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
West Gladstone1.7 miles9
Groos2.0 miles9
Lake Bluff2.7 miles9
Chaison3.0 miles9
North Escabana (historical)3.1 miles9
Soo Hill3.2 miles9
Larch3.8 miles9
Chandler3.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620483. 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.