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Mohawk, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Allouez Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. The Survey maps it on the Mohawk quadrangle.

Mohawk within Keweenaw County

On record in Mohawk

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 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

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mohawk between 2003 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
24 August 2012Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRATIOT RIVER
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesAHMEEK FD 0200024 - 2020
14 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP FD 0061419 - 2019
4 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP FD 0051519 - 2019
11 April 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALUMET DAM FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Keweenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Mohawk: 51 past producers, 8 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gratiot Copper MineSilver, CopperPast ProducerCopper
Michigan Nickel DepositsNickel, CopperProspectSulfides
Michigan Nickel DepositsNickel, CopperProspect
MohawkCopper, ArsenicPast Producer1898, 1902
Fissure MinesCopper, Silver, ArsenicPast Producer1845, 1890
Mohawkite FissureCopper, ArsenicPast Producer1900, 1901
Centennial No.2Copper, SilverPast Producer1863, 1904
IroquoisCopper, SilverPast Producer1942, 1956
WolverineCopper, SilverPast Producer1882, 1898
Haltunen Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Keweenaw County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mohawk in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2014Heavy RainMohawk-Rainfall totals between 1.5 and 2.5 inches were reported in approximately 16 hours across Keweenaw County...heaviest near the Houghton County line.
June 2011HailMohawk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Keweenaw 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
Fulton0.4 miles15
Seneca0.7 miles15
Ahmeek1.7 miles14
Allouez2.6 miles14
Bumbletown3.1 miles14
Ojibway3.1 miles15
Hebards3.8 miles15
Traverse6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632544. 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.