Springport, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Harrisville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48740. The Survey maps it on the Harrisville quadrangle.

Springport within Alcona County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1954 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Harrisville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1983 USGS Hubbard Lake quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Harrisville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Springport between 1992 and 2019, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	22
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
12 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALCONA 26 - HAYBALE FIRE
7 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 July 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 July 2012	Smoking	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALCONA 20 - R&D FIRE
12 July 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALCONA 06 - CLINIC FIRE
1 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GREENBUSH TOWNSHIP VFD 0000008 - 2018
7 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALCONA 0012
7 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALCONA 0010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alcona County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Springport: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Greenbush Pit &Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Slater No 1 Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Alcona 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Harrisville	1.6 miles	11
Greenbush	3.3 miles	11
Gustin	5.8 miles	11
Lincoln	6.6 miles	11
Mikado	6.9 miles	11
Killmaster	7.7 miles	11
Alcona	8.6 miles	8
Alvin	10.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617124. 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.