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Swedetown, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Calumet Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49913. The Survey maps it on the Laurium quadrangle.

Swedetown within Houghton County

On record in Swedetown

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 within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Swedetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAKE LINDEN FD 2019019 - 2019
7 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALUMET VILLAGE FD 0081219 - 2019
26 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHUBBELL VFD 0724191 - 2019
2 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSLASHER
5 June 1993Smoking1.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houghton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Swedetown: 46 past producers, 11 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Copper, Silver, Nickel, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Haltunen Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Michigan Nickel DepositsNickel, CopperProspectSulfides
Michigan Nickel DepositsNickel, CopperProspect
Centennial No.2Copper, SilverPast Producer1863, 1904
WolverineCopper, SilverPast Producer1882, 1898
Allouez Conglomerate No 1 & 2Copper, SilverPast Producer1830
Centennial MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1869, 1920
Kearsarge AmygdaloidCopper, SilverPast Producer1887
Kearsarge MineCopper, SilverPast ProducerLode
La Salle MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1910, 1920

Every working recorded in Houghton 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Osceola0.7 miles13
Tamarack0.8 miles13
Calumet0.9 miles13
Laurium1.2 miles13
West Tamarack1.6 miles14
Centennial Heights2.0 miles14
Centennial2.4 miles14
Lakeview2.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1614483. 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.