BlockTrimountain, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49905. The Survey maps it on the South Range quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1915 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS South Range quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS South Range quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Trimountain between 1994 and 2019, burning about 12 acres 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 7.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREDA |
| 24 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Trimountain: 24 past producers, 8 prospects, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Superior | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1904, 1908 | |
| G and S Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Isle Royale Amygdaloid | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1852, 1968 | |
| Isle Royale Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1853, 1885 | |
| Moilanen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Baltic Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dodgeville Pit and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Houghton Co Road Commission Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Houghton Co Road Commission Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painesdale | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| South Range | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Champion Mine | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Baltic | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Mill Mine Junction | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Atlantic Mine | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Superior | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dodgeville | 5.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615070. 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.