Maxton, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1961 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Drummond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49726. It stands on Potagannissing River. The Survey maps it on the Drummond quadrangle.

Maxton within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1961 USGS Blind River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1968 USGS Blind River quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Maxton between 2003 and 2016, burning about 90 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	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
3 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SAWMILL
8 May 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ROCKY ROAD
21 May 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	9.6 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 May 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	7.8 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
26 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	47 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 April 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Maxton: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	State of Michigan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Chippewa 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Drummond	3.1 miles	9
Lincoln	4.3 miles	9
Johnswood	6.4 miles	10
De Tour Village	12.3 miles	9
Raber	21.3 miles	11
Goetzville	22.1 miles	11
Stalwart	30.2 miles	10
Munuscong	30.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617364. 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.