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Ponshewaing, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Littlefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49706. It lies near Oden Island. The Survey maps it on the Alanson quadrangle.

Ponshewaing within Emmet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Ponshewaing between 1994 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 ResourcesBEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000253 - 2019
7 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALANSON-LITTLEFIELD FD 1835 - 2018
4 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALANSON-LITTLEFIELD FD 1942 - 2019
4 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 July 2013Other causesunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMET 0002
15 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMET - PALMER FIRE
14 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALANSON-LITTLEFIELD FD 1945 - 2019
8 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRINGVALE TOWNSHIP FD 1900014 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Emmet County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ponshewaing: 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
White Farm Shale ProspectClayProspect
Blumke Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Koboski Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kuchnicki PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Noggel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Emmet 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
Oden1.3 miles14
Alanson1.8 miles14
Conway3.4 miles14
Chalet Estates3.4 miles14
Epsilon4.0 miles13
Brutus5.1 miles14
Ayr5.6 miles14
Menonaqua Beach5.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635223. 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.