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Schmidt Corner, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stanton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49931. It lies near Harrington Island. The Survey maps it on the Oskar quadrangle.

Schmidt Corner within Houghton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Schmidt Corner between 1994 and 2019, burning about 17 acres in total. None 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
12 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHANCOCK FD 0000025 - 2018
14 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesQUINCY-FRANKLIN-HANCOCK VFD 2019006 - 2019
8 May 1994Debris and open burning7.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREDA
24 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHURONTOWN FIRE/RESCUE 0000023 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houghton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Schmidt Corner: 27 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Sturgeon Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Gedvillas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Isle RoyaleCopper, SilverPast Producer1852, 1853
Isle Royale AmygdaloidCopper, SilverPast Producer1852, 1968
Isle Royale MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1853, 1885
Pewabic AmygdaloidCopper, SilverPast Producer1857, 1931
QuincyCopper, SilverPast Producer1856
Quincy MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1856, 1925
Superior Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Houghton 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
Oskar1.3 miles17
Liminga2.9 miles17
Hancock3.8 miles22
Franklin Mine3.9 miles22
Atlantic Mine4.1 miles19
Pewabic4.4 miles22
Lewer Pewabic4.4 miles22
Houghton4.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637345. 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.