Toivola, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49965. The Survey maps it on the Donken quadrangle. It stands 1,273 feet above sea level.
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 Toivola 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Toivola: 3 prospects, 3 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 | ||
| Erie-Ontario Mine | Copper | Prospect | 1854, 1907 | |
| Globe Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Globe Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toivola in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toivola | $5,000 | A spotter reported widespread tree damage from Toivola and Donken to Twin Lakes. Highway M-26 was blocked by fallen trees. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Toivola | - | Pea to penny-sized hail was observed near Toivola. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Toivola | - | This was a public report from Toivola of 4.5 inches of rain in six hours. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toivola | - | Auto accident as a result of trees down on road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonington | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Donken | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Champion Mine | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Painesdale | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Trimountain | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Salmon Trout | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Twin Lakes | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| South Range | 8.3 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Toivola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7813417 | The 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 1614923. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






