Stager, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Mastodon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49920. It stands on McGoverns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Florence West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1941 USGS Florence quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Stager quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Stager between 1994 and 2020, burning about 203 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SECOND CROSSING 1 |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SECOND CROSSING 2 |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HARDING ROAD |
| 4 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARA ROAD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Stager: 13 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olson Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stager Manganese Property | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Alpha Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1903 | |
| Alpha Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Balkan-Judson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1935 | |
| Balkan-Judson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Book Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1942, 1958 | |
| Book Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1942, 1943 | |
| Delphic Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1883, 1896 | |
| Delphic Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1883 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stager in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stager | $8,000 | The Iron County Sheriff reported a tree down on a house south of Crystal Falls near the Wisconsin state line. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Stager | - | Hail lasted about three minutes. No strong winds were observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastodon | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Naults | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Alpha | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Panola | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dunn Location | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Shafer Location | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Monongahela Location | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kimball Location | 6.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Stager | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20709841 | 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 1617862. 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.





