BlockLimestone, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Limestone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49816. The Survey maps it on the Chatham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1958 USGS Au Train quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Munising quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Chatham quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Limestone between 1992 and 2019, burning about 50 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | COOKS |
| 29 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Seney National Wildlife Refuge | EAGLE NEST |
| 20 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | not named |
| 5 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | STRAITS LAKE |
| 28 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MATHIS TOWNSHIP FD 0000519 - 2019 |
| 10 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 47 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Limestone: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Pit # 66 | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630437. 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.