Quincy Mill, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Osceola Township. It stands on Quincy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laurium quadrangle.
On record in Quincy Mill
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.
Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Laurium quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Laurium quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Laurium quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Quincy Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 441 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DOLLAR BAY VFD 0000012 - 2019 |
| 12 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE LINDEN FD 2019019 - 2019 |
| 10 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUD LAKE ROAD SWAMP |
| 26 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HUBBELL VFD 0724191 - 2019 |
| 22 July 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Quincy Mill: 19 past producers, 9 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Salle Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1910, 1920 | |
| Houghton Crushed Stone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mich Tech University Exper | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arcadian Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1863, 1898, 1902 | |
| Arcadian Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Arcadian Copper Mine South | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Concord & Douglas Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Franklin Junior Copper Mines | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Franklin Junior Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1862, 1911 | |
| La Salle Cu Mine | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quincy Mill in 1 storm report in 2012: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Quincy Mill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hubbell | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Senter | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dollar Bay | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Point Mills | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Linden | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dreamland | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Boston | 4.3 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568697 | 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 1617806. 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.







