BlockThomaston, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Wakefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49968. It stands on Berranger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thomaston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:25000
- 1999 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Thomaston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | LONE PINE |
| 7 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WAKEFIELD FD 0540001 - 2020 |
| 2 May 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | MORGAN MINE |
| 2 May 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORGAN MINE ROAD |
| 30 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | JOHNSON ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Thomaston: 24 past producers, 14 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Lead Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Castile-Meteor Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Secondary Enrichment | |
| Chicago Mines (Sparta) | Iron | Past Producer | 1892, 1915 | |
| Chicago- Includes Former Sparta | Iron | Past Producer | 1892 | |
| Eureka-Asteroid | Iron | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Eureka-Asteroid Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1890, 1926 | |
| Iron Ore Outcrop | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Ore Outcrop | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Ore Outcrop | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Ore Outcrop | Iron | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621897. 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.