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South Greenwood, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ely Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49814. It stands on Larson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

South Greenwood within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of South Greenwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 24 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDIORITE
1 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISHPEMING TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000058 - 2019
16 June 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCD ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of South Greenwood: 37 past producers, 16 occurrences, 14 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Gold&Copper&Tungsten&Zinc ProspectCopper, Gold, Tungsten, ZincOccurrence
Mi.Verde Antique Co.Dolomite QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Copper and Tungsten ProspecCopper, TungstenOccurrence
Unnamed Copper and Zinc ProspectCopper, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Molybdenum ProspectCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Gold and Copper ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrence
Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marquette 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
Greenwood1.9 miles13
Snowville2.5 miles13
Diorite3.4 miles15
North Lake3.4 miles15
Clarksburg3.7 miles13
West Ishpeming4.6 miles15
Winthrop Junction5.3 miles15
Humboldt5.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617859. 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.