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Martins Landing, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Champion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49814. It stands on Peshekee River. The Survey maps it on the Champion quadrangle.

Martins Landing within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Martins Landing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 17 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2015Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST. ANTHONY
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 July 2007Natural2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Martins Landing: 18 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Molybdenum. 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
Dishneau PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Copper&Molybdenum ProspectCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Mineral ProspectMolybdenum, Gold, Copper, Bismuth, TungstenOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Uranium ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Bessie MineIronProducer1844, 1891, 1906
Bessie MineIronPast Producer1891
Champion MineIronPast Producer1844, 1868

Every working recorded in Marquette 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
Beacon1.8 miles15
Champion1.9 miles15
Wobic2.9 miles15
Clowry4.7 miles15
Humboldt Mine5.9 miles12
Humboldt5.9 miles12
Michigamme6.6 miles15
Clarksburg7.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617704. 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.