BlockLiminga, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stanton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49905. The Survey maps it on the Oskar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oskar quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Liminga between 1994 and 2019, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 7.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREDA |
| 14 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Liminga: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Tamarack Mine Dump | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gedvillas Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hancock Copper Mines | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Quincy Cu Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Wash Plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidt Corner | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oskar | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Redridge | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Salmon Trout | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Mill Mine Junction | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Atlantic Mine | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Beacon Hill | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hancock | 6.5 miles | 22 |
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 Q122594650 | 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 630438. 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.