BlockOld Victoria Historic Townsite, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Rockland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49960. It stands on Patty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1949 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Old Victoria Historic Townsite between 1992 and 1998, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Ottawa National Forest | VICTORIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Old Victoria Historic Townsite: 20 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Copper, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Sandstone Exposure | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Michigan | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1898, 1904 | |
| Minesota | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1848, 1856 | |
| National | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1848, 1853 | |
| Rockland | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1853, 1854 | |
| Flintsteel River Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1853, 1881 | |
| Michigan Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1898, 1921 | |
| Minesota Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1848, 1885 | |
| National Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1848, 1908 | |
| Rockland Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1853, 1880 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622585. 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.