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Quinnesec, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Breitung Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49876. It stands on Fumee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norway quadrangle. 1,083 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.

Quinnesec within Dickinson County

Population over time

2 figures

Quinnesec fell from 1,191 to 1,083 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,191
20201,083-108 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Quinnesec between 1992 and 2020, burning about 481 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 21 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
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFINKLER FIRE
21 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIRON MOUNTAIN FD 0000259 - 2018
17 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2003Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 1997Debris and open burning1.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBREITUNG TOWNSHIP FD 2019-44 - 2019
16 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIRON MOUNTAIN FD 0000174 - 2020
11 August 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Quinnesec: 31 past producers, 7 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Niagara Greenstone DepositStone, DimensionOccurrence
Caspian Const Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Caspian Const Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fayas Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Feeder Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
M-35 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moon Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morisini Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Niagara Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Niagara Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quinnesec in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindQuinnesec$500Parts of two old white pine trees snapped off in a thunderstorm a few miles south of Norway. Pictures from Facebook show that some of the branches on the snapped off portions were dead while others were still alive.
May 2015HailQuinnesec-There was a delayed report of quarter-sized hail near Norway.
September 2002Tornado (F0)Quinnesec-This tornado developed on the east side of Quinnesec along U.S. 2, and tracked to the east-southeast along the north side of the highway to just west-northwest of Norway. Damage was limited to minor roof damage (lifted shingles) in Quinnesec, trees downed and numerous branches broken.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindQuinnesec-Numerous trees were knocked down.
September 2002Flash FloodQuinnesec-Two feet of water was reported over Highway US-2.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindQuinnesec-Trees up-rooted and power lines down. Lightning was also a factor in power outages.
August 2000Flash FloodQuinnesec-Highway U.S.-2 and Lake Antoine Road flooded.
March 1998HailQuinnesec-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson 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
White Birch Estates2.2 miles11
East Kingsford4.1 miles11
Iron Mountain4.2 miles11
Antoine4.5 miles11
Kingsford4.5 miles11
Skidmore4.6 miles11
Norway4.7 miles11
Vulcan6.9 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on QuinnesecAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2178581The 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 635571. 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.