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Pentoga, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Stambaugh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49920. The Survey maps it on the Fortune Lakes quadrangle.

Pentoga within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Pentoga between 1994 and 2019, burning about 170 acres in total. 1 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 July 2007Natural2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST IRON COUNTY FD 0022-19 - 2019
15 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2018Debris and open burning1.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHARDING ROAD
4 May 2019Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBARA ROAD FIRE
25 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 May 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestSCOUT
14 May 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAMARACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Pentoga: 11 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Lake Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cleveland Cliffs Prospect 10-1IronProspect
Cleveland Cliffs Prospect 10-2IronProspect
Cleveland-Cliffs Prospect 10-3IronProspect
Cleveland-Cliffs Prospect 16-1IronProspect
Fe ProspectIronProspect
Fe ProspectIronProspect
Fe ProspectIronProspect
Fe ProspectIronProspect
Five Hole Fe ProspectIronProspect

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
Scott Lake4.5 miles12
Naults5.4 miles10
Chicagon6.4 miles12
Alpha6.8 miles13
Gaastra7.0 miles12
Fortune Lake7.6 miles13
Palatka7.6 miles12
Dunn Location7.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634611. 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.