Spruce, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Felch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49831. The Survey maps it on the Felch quadrangle. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.

Spruce within Dickinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Norway quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Felch quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Spruce between 1994 and 2018, burning about 16 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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
Arson/incendiarism	4
Debris and open burning	2
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
11 July 1995	Natural	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	BOLT
9 June 2004	Natural	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 June 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 2000	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Hiawatha National Forest	CYCLE
20 May 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	5.9 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LUCAS ROAD
20 May 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 May 1994	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 May 1994	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Spruce: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Caspian Const Co Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Felch Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Metronite Co.Marble Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Calumet Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1849, 1882, 1913
Felch Properties	Iron	Prospect	1851
Felch Properties	Iron	Occurrence
Hancock Mine	Iron	Prospect
Metropolitan Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1849, 1882, 1888
Northwestern Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1849, 1883, 1903

Every working recorded in Dickinson 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
Foster City	2.4 miles	9
Felch	2.7 miles	9
Felch Mountain	3.1 miles	11
Theodore	3.3 miles	11
Hardwood	4.9 miles	9
Hylas	5.5 miles	9
Metropolitan	6.2 miles	10
Ralph	8.5 miles	11

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 Q84315341

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 1617861. 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.