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Ojibway, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Allouez Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. It lies near Cliff Range. The Survey maps it on the Mohawk quadrangle.

Ojibway within Keweenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ojibway between 2003 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None 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 use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
4 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAGLE HARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000008 - 2019
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesAHMEEK FD 0200024 - 2020
14 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP FD 0061419 - 2019
4 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP FD 0051519 - 2019
8 November 2010Recreation and ceremony3.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIFF'S DRIVE
30 October 2008Recreation and ceremony32 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNONAME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Keweenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Ojibway: 45 past producers, 8 prospects, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic. 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
MohawkCopper, ArsenicPast Producer1898, 1902
CliffSilver, CopperPast Producer1844, 1847
Fissure MinesCopper, Silver, ArsenicPast Producer1845, 1890
Gratiot Copper MineSilver, CopperPast ProducerCopper
IroquoisCopper, SilverPast Producer1942, 1956
Mohawkite FissureCopper, ArsenicPast Producer1900, 1901
Phoenix AshbedCopper, SilverPast Producer1855
Haltunen Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keweenaw County Pit Number 21Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keweenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Keweenaw 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
Seneca2.5 miles15
Mohawk3.1 miles15
Fulton3.3 miles15
Vaughnsville3.4 miles13
Hebards4.1 miles15
Phoenix4.3 miles13
Ahmeek4.6 miles14
Eagle Nest5.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617756. 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.