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Pioneer Estates, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marquette City. It lies in ZIP code area 49855. It stands on Westren Brook. The Survey maps it on the Marquette quadrangle.

Pioneer Estates within Marquette County

On record in Pioneer Estates

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Pioneer Estates between 1993 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARQUETTE TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0000338 - 2019
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSURVIVOR MAN
6 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHOCOLAY TOWNSHIP VFD 0006419 - 2019
21 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARQUETTE FIRE/RESCUE 191575 - 2019
22 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pioneer Estates: 6 occurrences, 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Iron. 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
Cleveland-Cliffs Ore Improve. PlntIronPast Producer
Lindberg QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Copper and Zinc DepositCopper, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Nickel&Lead ProspectCopper, Lead, NickelOccurrence
Kona SulfidesCopperPast Producer1888
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
480 Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Marquette PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Marquette PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Herman Gunlach CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marquette 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
Marquette1.4 miles18
Trowbridge Park2.5 miles18
Brookton Corners2.9 miles18
Silver Creek Estates3.7 miles14
Harvey3.7 miles14
Lakewood4.0 miles14
Sugar Loaf4.7 miles18
Forestville4.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2130637. 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.