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Planter, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Wakefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49968. It stands on Planter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thomaston quadrangle.

Planter within Gogebic County

On record in Planter

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 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Planter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13 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
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
16 August 2012Naturalunder an acreOttawa National ForestLONE PINE
7 May 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWAKEFIELD FD 0540001 - 2020
30 April 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOttawa National ForestJOHNSON ROAD
17 October 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gogebic County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Planter: 30 past producers, 13 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Unnamed Lead ProspectLeadOccurrence
Cebolski PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Les Johnson Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Anvil-Palms-Keeweenaw GroupIronPast Producer1886, 1887
Anvil-Palms-Keweenaw GroupIronPast Producer1887, 1957
Castile-Meteor MineIronPast ProducerSecondary Enrichment
Chicago Mines (Sparta)IronPast Producer1892, 1915
Chicago- Includes Former SpartaIronPast Producer1892
Colby MineIronPast Producer1884, 1923
Colby MineIronPast Producer1884

Every working recorded in Gogebic 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
Verona2.5 miles13
Thomaston2.5 miles13
Wakefield3.1 miles13
Ramsay3.1 miles13
Wico3.2 miles13
Plymouth3.2 miles13
Connorville3.6 miles13
Anvil3.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621259. 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.