Rogers Location, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bates Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49935. The Survey maps it on the Gaastra quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1898 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Gaastra quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Gaastra quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Rogers Location between 1995 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 August 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOG CABIN |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0002220 - 2020 |
| 26 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0020-19 - 2019 |
| 21 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0019-19 - 2019 |
| 15 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0021-18 - 2018 |
| 12 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRYSTAL FALLS FIRE AUTHORITY 0001814 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0016-18 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 590 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 590 workings within 5 miles of Rogers Location: 468 prospects, 99 past producers, 17 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Sherwood Mine | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1851, 1943 | |
| Highway Us 2 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Iron County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Proksch No 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Arlington Mine | Iron | Prospect | Secondary Enrichment | |
| Aronson Hole 97 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Aronson Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Baker & Oliver Prospect B, F, 01 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Baker Exploration A | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bates Junction | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bates Location | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Virgil Location | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Stambaugh | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Iron River | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mineral Hills | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Gaastra | 3.5 miles | 12 |
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 Q122541051 | 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 636121. 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.







