Naults, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Mastodon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49920. It stands on McGoverns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Naults quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Florence quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Naults quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Naults quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Naults between 1994 and 2020, burning about 203 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SECOND CROSSING 1 |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SECOND CROSSING 2 |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HARDING ROAD |
| 4 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARA ROAD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Naults: 13 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stager Manganese Property | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Blue Lake Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Olson Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Alpha Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1903 | |
| Alpha Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Balkan-Judson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1935 | |
| Balkan-Judson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Book Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1942, 1958 | |
| Book Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1942, 1943 | |
| Delphic Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1883, 1896 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stager | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mastodon | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Alpha | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Panola | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dunn Location | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pentoga | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Monongahela Location | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Shafer Location | 6.7 miles | 12 |
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 Q122594532 | 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 1620989. 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.





