BlockTopaz, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Matchwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49925. The Survey maps it on the Matchwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1956 USGS Matchwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1982 USGS Matchwood quadrangle1:25000
- 1999 USGS Matchwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Topaz in 2016, burning under an 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | MATCHWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Topaz: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1852, 1865 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matchwood | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bergland | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Gogebic | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Merriweather | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ewen | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Balitmore | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| White Pine | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Nonesuch | 15.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621925. 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.