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Mansfield, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mansfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49920. The Survey maps it on the Lake Mary quadrangle.

Mansfield within Iron County

On record in Mansfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Mansfield between 1994 and 2019, burning about 31 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
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSAGOLA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000017 - 2019
15 June 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 May 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAGLE
1 May 2016Fireworks6.8 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2009Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOLE-1 (#12)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Mansfield: 31 prospects, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Basalt QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Dishaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BruleIronPast Producer1936
Caladonia ProspectIronProspectSecondary Enrichment
Hanna Drill Holes ProspectIronProspect
Hanna Drill Holes ProspectIronProspect
Hanna Drill Holes ProspectIronProspect
Hanna Drill Holes ProspectIronProspect
Hanna Drill Holes ProspectIronProspect
Hanna Drill Holes ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Kiernan4.3 miles17
Mansfield Location4.3 miles16
Kelso Junction6.9 miles13
Western Location8.8 miles12
Kimball Location9.6 miles12
Crystal Falls9.8 miles12
Panola9.9 miles12
Odgers Location10.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617696. 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.