Theodore, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Felch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49831. The Survey maps it on the Ralph quadrangle.

Theodore within Dickinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS Ralph quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Ralph quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Theodore between 1995 and 2010, burning about 25 acres in total. 3 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
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Debris and open burning	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
16 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 August 2001	Recreation and ceremony	11 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 July 1995	Natural	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 July 1995	Natural	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	BOLT
14 June 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 2000	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Hiawatha National Forest	CYCLE
25 May 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 May 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	5.9 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LUCAS ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Theodore: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Caspian Const Co Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Felch Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Metronite Co.Marble Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Calumet Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1849, 1882, 1913
Felch Properties	Iron	Prospect	1851
Felch Properties	Iron	Occurrence
Metropolitan Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1849, 1882, 1888
Northwestern Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1849, 1883, 1903

Every working recorded in Dickinson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Felch Mountain	0.3 miles	11
Felch	0.7 miles	9
Metropolitan	3.1 miles	10
Spruce	3.3 miles	9
Foster City	5.6 miles	9
Ralph	7.9 miles	11
Hardwood	8.2 miles	9
Hylas	8.9 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1614725. 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.