BlockSoo Junction, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McMillan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49868. The Survey maps it on the Soo Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 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
- 1973 USGS Soo Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Soo Junction between 1994 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TOONERVILLE FIRE |
| 14 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WACHUTAS WINDING RIVER |
| 7 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HULBERT TOWNSHIP FD 0050519 - 2019 |
| 19 May 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CABLEMAN ROAD #2 |
| 22 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CABLEMAN ROAD #3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty B Landing | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| McLeods Corner | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| McPhees Landing | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lencel | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Roberts Corner | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Newberry | 13.3 miles | 10 | |
| Fourmile Corner | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dollarville | 15.0 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 Q122572656 | 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 1617857. 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.