Lincoln Junction, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Oscoda Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48750. It lies near Loud Island. The Survey maps it on the Oscoda quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS East Tawas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Oscoda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IOSCO #2 PERSEPHONE |
| 7 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IOSCO 08 - CIGARETTE FIRE |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IOSCO 09 - ALEXANDER FIRE |
| 16 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BIKE |
| 15 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TRANSFORMER |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MELODY FIRE |
| 5 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln Junction: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Pit | Clay | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscoda | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Au Sable | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Foote Site Village | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wilber | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sid Town | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| East Tawas | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tawas City | 17.6 miles | 14 | |
| Clark Bayshore | 19.7 miles | 11 |
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 Q122551714 | 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 1617683. 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.




