BlockStonington, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Elm River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49965. The Survey maps it on the Donken quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1982 USGS Donken quadrangle1:25000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Stonington between 1996 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TOIVOLA VFD 0000513 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Stonington: 5 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Elm River Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1899, 1906 | |
| Erie-Ontario Mine | Copper | Prospect | 1854, 1907 | |
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toivola | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Donken | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Twin Lakes | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Champion Mine | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Roland | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Painesdale | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wyandotte | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Trimountain | 8.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617874. 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.