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The Jackpines, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Plainfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48739. The Survey maps it on the Hale quadrangle.

The Jackpines within Iosco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of The Jackpines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking8
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestMORAWA
10 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestCOLD AND DARK
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestGOLDEN
5 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBRANCH
22 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestOHV
20 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestPICK SITE
18 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestPIT
17 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBRITT RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iosco County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of The Jackpines: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burge Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Iosco 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
Long Lake4.6 miles12
Hale5.2 miles12
Sid Town10.2 miles14
Sand Lake11.1 miles14
Hemlock13.1 miles14
White Rock15.1 miles14
Whittemore15.2 miles10
Meadow15.4 miles14

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 Q122541561The 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 1621891. 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.