Mandan, Michigan
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. The Survey maps it on the Delaware quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1938 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1949 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
- 1997 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mandan between 2001 and 2006, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Mandan: 17 past producers, 10 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Series | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1848 | |
| 543-S Deposit | Copper | Producer | 1996 | |
| 813 - Mt. Bohemia West | Copper | Prospect | Chalcocite | |
| Aetna Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Aetna Exploration Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1864, 1867 | |
| Agate Harbor Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1846, 1854 | |
| Amygdaloid Cu Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bluff Wyoming Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Cape Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1854 | |
| Connecticut Fissure | Copper | Past Producer | Copper |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mandan in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mandan | $3,000 | The Keweenaw County emergency manager reported numerous trees down on the road to Lac La Belle causing the road to become impassable. The time of the report was estimated from the radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lac La Belle | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Wyoming | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Bete Grise | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Delaware | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Nepco Camp Number 7 | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Copper Harbor | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Eagle Harbor | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Betsy | 9.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631377. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









