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Palatka, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Stambaugh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49927. It stands on Holmes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gaastra quadrangle.

Palatka within Iron County

On record in Palatka

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Palatka between 1993 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
8 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST IRON COUNTY FD 0022-19 - 2019
20 June 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST IRON COUNTY FD 0023-19 - 2019
6 May 1995Debris and open burning4.9 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST IRON COUNTY FD 0002220 - 2020
26 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST IRON COUNTY FD 0020-19 - 2019
21 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST IRON COUNTY FD 0019-19 - 2019
15 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST IRON COUNTY FD 0021-18 - 2018
15 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOttawa National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 553 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 553 workings within 5 miles of Palatka: 437 prospects, 95 past producers, 15 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Cannon MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Us 2 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Proksch No 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arlington MineIronProspectSecondary Enrichment
Aronson Hole 97IronProspect
Aronson Iron MineIronPast Producer
Baker & Oliver Prospect B, F, 01IronProspect
Baker Exploration AIronProspect
Baker Exploration EIronProspect

Every working recorded in Iron 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
Caspian1.1 miles14
Gaastra1.1 miles12
Hiawatha Location2.0 miles14
Stambaugh2.2 miles14
Bates Junction2.8 miles12
Iron River3.1 miles14
Scott Lake3.2 miles12
Virgil Location4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621144. 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.