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Lockport, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ingersoll Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48640. The Survey maps it on the Midland South quadrangle.

Lockport within Midland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Lockport between 1996 and 2020, burning about 76 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
6 August 2001Fireworksunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 441 - 2020
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 436 - 2020
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19292 - 2019
9 April 2014Debris and open burning7.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 0002
9 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 01
28 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19189 - 2019
28 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 06

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Midland County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lockport: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tittabawassee Clay PitClayPast Producer
Woodworth's Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dow Chemical Co--Hope, Mich.MagnesiteProducer
Martin Marietta-MidlandMagnesitePlant

Every working recorded in Midland 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
Poseyville1.0 miles13
Laporte3.8 miles15
Bullock Creek4.0 miles13
Mapleton4.6 miles13
Dean5.0 miles13
Midland6.3 miles13
Gordonville7.0 miles13
Ryan7.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617685. 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.