Pequaming, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in L'Anse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49946. The Survey maps it on the L'Anse quadrangle.
On record in Pequaming
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hebard-Ford Summer Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Keweenaw Bay quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1985 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Pequaming between 1998 and 2019, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | L'ANSE FD 0201961 - 2019 |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | ZEBA ALLOTMENT |
| 27 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | TWO BARRELS |
| 16 August 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Agency | TRAILER PARK |
| 1 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Agency | ROADSIDE |
| 26 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | WELCOME HOME |
| 22 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Agency | SEWERPONDS |
| 3 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pequaming: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pequaming in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pequaming | $53,000 | Law enforcement reported a roof blown off a house in Pequaming. Numerous softwood trees were also snapped about a third of the way off the ground along 2nd Sand Road. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pequaming | $2,000 | The State Police Regional Dispatch reported trees down on power lines in Pequaming. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pequaming | $1,000 | Social media photos revealed a tree snapped off a quarter of the way off the ground, falling onto power lines on Lehto Road. The delayed report was estimated from radar. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pequaming | $1,000 | Several 6 to 8-inch diameter trees were downed. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Pequaming | - | There was a report just south of Pequaming of nickel-sized hail with one or two hailstones about one inch in diameter. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pequaming | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Pequaming | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7166556 | 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 634613. 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.






