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Rockview, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 49774. The Survey maps it on the Pickford SE quadrangle.

Rockview within Mackinac County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Rockview between 2012 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
4 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPICKFORD VFD 2019-17 - 2019
28 August 2012Natural3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUCK HOLE
14 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHiawatha National ForestBATTALION CEMETERY
21 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resources3 MILE
14 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRABER TOWNSHIP VFD 0000003 - 2020
13 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPICKFORD VFD 2020-06 - 2020
12 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPICKFORD VFD 2018-09 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mackinac County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rockview: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cedarville PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cedarville QuarryDolomiteProducer1955
Bawks and Beacom Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mike Mangene Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Taylor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Taylor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whitehead Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mackinac 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
Cedarville6.1 miles10
Hessel6.6 miles11
Patrick Landing7.0 miles10
Port Dolomite8.4 miles10
Simmons12.4 miles11
Pontchartrain Shores12.7 miles11
Charles18.2 miles11
Fort Holmes20.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617822. 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.