Painesdale, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49955. It lies near Tolonen Hill. The Survey maps it on the South Range quadrangle. 336 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.
On record in Painesdale
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 1 record
Painesdalelisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1915 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS South Range quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS South Range quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Painesdale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1994 | Debris and open burning | 7.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREDA |
| 6 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Painesdale: 19 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1904, 1908 | |
| G and S Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moilanen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Baltic Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Houghton Co Road Commission Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Houghton Co Road Commission Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Atlantic | Copper | Past Producer | 1865, 1866 | |
| Atlantic Amygdaloid | Copper | Past Producer | 1855, 1917 | |
| Atlantic Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1866, 1910 | |
| Atlantic Section 16 Exploration | Copper | Prospect | 1907 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Painesdale in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Painesdale | - | Observers measured 2 to 3 inches of rainfall across Houghton 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Mine | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Trimountain | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| South Range | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Baltic | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Mill Mine Junction | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Atlantic Mine | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Superior | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Salmon Trout | 5.9 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Painesdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7124878 | 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 634293. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








