National Mine, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Tilden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49849. The Survey maps it on the Ishpeming quadrangle. It stands 1,401 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1952 USGS Ishpeming quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Ishpeming quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of National Mine between 1994 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 5 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARD ROCK FIRE |
| 30 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DUTCH SETTLEMENT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 133 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 133 workings within 5 miles of National Mine: 96 past producers, 16 prospects, 10 producers, 6 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Copper, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Gold & Silver Exploration | Gold, Silver | Prospect | 1889 | |
| Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc Prospect | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Berringer & Thurber Gold Exploration | Gold | Prospect | 1884 | |
| Krieg Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1899, 1901 | |
| Madden & Hogan Exploration | Gold | Prospect | 1883 | |
| Unnamed Gold Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Albion Mine | Iron | Prospect | 1844, 1872, 1879 | |
| Albion Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1872 |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names National Mine in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | National Mine | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees down blocking Beagle Club Road southwest of National Mine. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | National Mine | $2,000 | Several trees were knocked down along County Road 581. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | National Mine | $500 | A tree was reported down on County Road 476 southwest of Palmer. Size of the tree was unknown, and time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| July 2022 | Hail | National Mine | - | A NWS employee measured hail between dime and nickel-sized five miles southwest of National Mine. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | National Mine | - | Very strong winds knocked down small tree limbs and blew patio furniture across the yard. |
| May 2007 | Hail | National Mine | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Salisbury | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Winthrop Junction | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Angeline | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| West Ishpeming | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ishpeming | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| North Lake | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Greenwood | 4.4 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q136353070 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633227. 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.






