Stambaugh, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Iron River City. It lies in ZIP code area 49935. It stands on Holmes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iron River quadrangle. 1,243 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 1,634 feet above sea level.
On record in Stambaugh
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 14 shown
George Hamilton Houselisted 1983
M.A. Hanna Company Michigan District Superintendent's Houselisted 1983
John W. Hanson Houselisted 1983
Joseph Harris Houselisted 1983
Nels A. Holmes Farmsteadlisted 1983
House at 902 Selden Roadlisted 1983
John S. McLean Houselisted 1983
Charles Stolberg Houselisted 1983
John Swanson Houselisted 1983- Cooks Run Trout Feeding Stationlisted 1983
- Hiawatha Mine Number One Complexlisted 1983
- Louis Levine Houselisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Stambaugh between 1993 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOG CABIN |
| 8 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0022-19 - 2019 |
| 20 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0023-19 - 2019 |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0002220 - 2020 |
| 26 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0020-19 - 2019 |
| 21 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0019-19 - 2019 |
| 15 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST IRON COUNTY FD 0021-18 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 585 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 585 workings within 5 miles of Stambaugh: 464 prospects, 97 past producers, 16 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Sherwood Mine | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1851, 1943 | |
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Caspian Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Us 2 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Iron County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Proksch No 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Arlington Mine | Iron | Prospect | Secondary Enrichment | |
| Aronson Hole 97 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Aronson Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stambaugh in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stambaugh | $10,000 | Delayed report of downed trees and power outages at a cabin on Ice Lake. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Stambaugh | - | Golf-ball sized hail was reported. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stambaugh | - | Trees down on power lines. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stambaugh | - | 10 inch diameter branch fell off at the intersection of Hemlock and Ross. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiawatha Location | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Iron River | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Caspian | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bates Junction | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Virgil Location | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gaastra | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Palatka | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bates Location | 2.3 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 Stambaugh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1818315 | 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 1621758. 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.








