Ogemaw Springs, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ogemaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48661. The Survey maps it on the Ogemaw Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Ogemaw Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Ogemaw Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 722 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Natural | 13 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2002 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 01 - GAMBLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ogemaw Springs: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunting Sand & Gravel Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bunting Sand & Gravel Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ewing Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Glancy Ogemaw County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ogemaw County No 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Branch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Branch | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Campbells Corners | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Edwards | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Greenwood | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Selkirk | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Rose City | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Damon | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fayettes Corner | 12.6 miles | 11 |
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 Q122572277 | 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 633957. 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.




