Shallows, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sault Ste. Marie City. It lies in ZIP code area 49783. The Survey maps it on the Shallows quadrangle.
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Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1913 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:63360
- 1951 USGS Sault Ste. Marie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Shallows quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Shallows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 165 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOO TOWNSHIP FD 0031-19 - 2019 |
| 28 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP VFD 2018-30 - 2018 |
| 22 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP VFD 2016006 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGONQUIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shallows: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beadle's Brick Yard Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Montero Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| C G Sanderson No. 1 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City Limits Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fornicola Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gordon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| I L Whitehead Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Montero Excavating Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Osborn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shallows in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallows | $6,000 | Trees were downed onto power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Superior Estates | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sault Sainte Marie | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Gardenville | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bay Mills | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dafter | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Brimley | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mission | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rosedale | 9.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637650. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








