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North Escanaba, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 49829. The Survey maps it on the Gladstone quadrangle.

North Escanaba within Menominee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of North Escanaba between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning16
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
9 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesK ROAD
8 August 2001Fireworksunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST ESKY
24 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesESCANABA DPS 19-4032 - 2019
7 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFORSYTH TOWNSHIP FD 0001959 - 2019
6 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesESCANABA DPS 19-3940 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menominee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of North Escanaba: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Algonquin Delta Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Bichler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Soo Hill Clay Pit ShaleFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Menominee 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
Eustis13.8 miles9
Perronville15.0 miles9
Harris15.0 miles9
Hannahville16.4 miles9
Indiantown16.6 miles7
Whitney17.1 miles8
Houle17.6 miles7
Wilson19.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622238. 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.