BlockSaint Jacques, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Nahma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49878. The Survey maps it on the Saint Jacques quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Garden NW and SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Garden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Manistique quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS St. Jacques quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Saint Jacques between 1997 and 2018, burning about 48 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | OGONTZ |
| 16 August 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.1 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | CENTENNIAL |
| 8 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | HIGHWAY 13 |
| 20 June 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | MAC |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | BB FIRE (BRAVO,BRAVO) |
| 24 May 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | 503 |
| 2 May 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | WET |
| 18 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAHMA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000017 - 2018 |
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 Saint Jacques: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brannstrom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nahma Junction | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ogontz | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Nahma | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ensign | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Isabella | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Alton | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Garden Corners | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Garth | 11.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q122590520 | 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 1621479. 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.