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.
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.
Holy Family Orphanagelisted 2015 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1907 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARQUETTE TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0000338 - 2019 |
| 8 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SURVIVOR MAN |
| 6 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHOCOLAY TOWNSHIP VFD 0006419 - 2019 |
| 21 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARQUETTE FIRE/RESCUE 191575 - 2019 |
| 22 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland-Cliffs Ore Improve. Plnt | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lindberg Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper and Zinc Deposit | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper&Nickel&Lead Prospect | Copper, Lead, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Kona Sulfides | Copper | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| 480 Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City of Marquette Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City of Marquette Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Herman Gunlach Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Trowbridge Park | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Brookton Corners | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Silver Creek Estates | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Harvey | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lakewood | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sugar Loaf | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Forestville | 4.8 miles | 18 |
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.







