BlockRock Harbor Lodge, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Houghton Township. It lies near Park Place Island. The Survey maps it on the Rock Harbor Lodge quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1895 USGS Passage Island quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Fort William quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Thunder Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Fort William quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Rock Harbor Lodge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Todd Harbor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rock Harbor Lodge between 1997 and 2013, burning about 9 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | LOUISEWEST |
| 9 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | REDROCK2 |
| 9 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | PORTER2 |
| 8 August 1997 | Natural | 1.4 acres | Isle Royale National Park | DUNCANBAY |
| 30 August 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Isle Royale National Park | FIVE FINGER |
| 12 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | GLENNSISL |
| 11 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | MERRITT |
| 23 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | THREEMIJCT |
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 Rock Harbor Lodge: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siskowit Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1847, 1855 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windigo | 39.2 miles | 9 | |
| Eagle Harbor | 50.4 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle River | 51.5 miles | 13 | |
| Copper Falls | 51.6 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle Nest | 52.1 miles | 13 | |
| Central | 53.1 miles | 14 | |
| Phoenix | 53.4 miles | 13 | |
| Vaughnsville | 53.7 miles | 13 |
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 Q63788437 | 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 636080. 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.