Phoenix, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Houghton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. It stands on East Branch Eagle River. The Survey maps it on the Phoenix quadrangle.
On record in Phoenix
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.
Church of the Assumptionlisted 2000 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:24000
- 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
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Phoenix between 2002 and 2020, burning about 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAGLE HARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000008 - 2019 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AHMEEK FD 0200024 - 2020 |
| 3 June 2002 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 November 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLIFF'S DRIVE |
| 8 October 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SW GRATIOT LAKE |
| 30 October 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 32 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NONAME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 55 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Phoenix: 41 past producers, 12 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Silver, Copper, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1844, 1847 | |
| Fissure Mines | Copper, Silver, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1845, 1890 | |
| Phoenix Ashbed | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1855 | |
| Central Cu Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cliff Copper Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Phoenix Cu Mine | Copper, Silver | Producer | ||
| Phoenix Fissure Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1844, 1931 | |
| Arnold Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1860, 1900 | |
| Arnold Cu Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Babbitt Fissure | Copper | Producer | 1880 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phoenix in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2007: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phoenix | $40,000 | 40 to 50 large trees were snapped off or uprooted along Gratiot Lake Road within a mile of the northwest shoreline of Gratiot Lake. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phoenix | $1,000 | Tree blown down across Cliff Drive. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Phoenix | - | Penny-sized hail also reported five miles west of Phoenix at the same time. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughnsville | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Eagle Nest | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Eagle River | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Central | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ojibway | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Copper Falls | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Seneca | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Nepco Camp Number 7 | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Phoenix | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7186739 | 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 634768. 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.






