BlockRousseau, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Bohemia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49948. It stands on Jug Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rousseau quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Rousseau quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1982 USGS Rousseau quadrangle1:25000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Rousseau quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rousseau between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | YELLOW DOG |
| 30 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | HOTDOG FIRE |
| 10 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | COURTNEY LAKE |
| 19 May 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | not named |
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 Rousseau: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algomah Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1910, 1956 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621452. 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.