Lincoln, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hamlin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49431. It stands on Lincoln River. The Survey maps it on the Ludington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lincoln within Mason County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1932 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:31680
1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:25000

Fires near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 10 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	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	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
17 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PERE MARQUETTE FD 0000204 - 2019
8 May 2005	Recreation and ceremony	4.5 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 May 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HAMLIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000080 - 2019
28 May 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 May 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PERE MARQUETTE FD 0000120 - 2019
23 April 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PERE MARQUETTE FD 0000112 - 2018
9 October 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 October 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln (historical): 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Calcium, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Dow Chemical - Ludington	Halite	Producer	Sedimentary
Dow-Ludington	Magnesite, Bromine, Calcium	Producer	1942
Keiser's Clay Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Ludington Site	Silica	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Ludington Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ludington Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dow Chemicals--Ludington, Mich.	Magnesite	Producer
Harbison-Walker	Magnesite	Plant	1957

Every working recorded in Mason 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Epworth Assembly	0.8 miles	10
North Epworth	0.9 miles	10
Piney Ridge	1.6 miles	10
Weimer	1.8 miles	10
Hamlin Lake	2.2 miles	10
Ludington	2.6 miles	10
Buttersville	3.3 miles	10
White Pine Village	4.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514264. 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.