BlockRichardsons Mill, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Thompson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49854. It stands on Iron Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thunder Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Steuben SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Steuben quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Munising quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Thunder Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Richardsons Mill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 48 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOLF LAKE ROAD #1 |
| 8 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2014 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCHOOLCRAFT 0001 |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | 45 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | LAW |
| 10 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOLF LAKE ROAD #2 |
| 2 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GOLF COURSE RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Richardsons Mill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Marble Lime Co.Quarry | Dolomite | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhorn | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Michiwaukee Shores | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Evergreen Shores | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ossawinamakee Beach | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Harrison Beach | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sunset Beach | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Copenhagen Beach | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Minor Beach | 5.6 miles | 8 |
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 Q122570224 | 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 1622687. 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.