Norrie, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Ironwood City. It lies in ZIP code area 49938. It stands on Whiskers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ironwood quadrangle.
On record in Norrie
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 within a mile 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ironwood City Halllisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Ironwood Theatre Complexlisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
Ironwood Carnegie Librarylisted 2011 · 0.7 miles away
Solomon S. Curry Houselisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Memorial Buildinglisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depotlisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Norrie between 1993 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BESSEMER FD 0200913 - 2020 |
| 26 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 2 HWY 51 EXCHANGE |
| 20 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CENTER DRIVE POWER LINE |
| 28 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Norrie: 28 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Mine | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1886 | |
| Hurley Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hurley Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| City of Ironwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Globe Industries Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hurley Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Iron County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Katie Saari Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Koehmstedt Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lillian Sorvari Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ironwood | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Aurora | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Jessieville | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hillcrest | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Siemens | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| North Ironwood | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Junet | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hautala Corner | 5.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633460. 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.





