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Victoria, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Rockland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49960. It stands on Cushman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockland quadrangle.

Victoria within Ontonagon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Victoria between 1992 and 2003, burning about 22 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/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresOttawa National ForestVICTORIA
29 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresOttawa National Forest730

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontonagon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Victoria: 19 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
National Sandstone ExposureSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
MichiganCopper, SilverPast Producer1898, 1904
Michigan MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1898, 1921
MinesotaCopper, SilverPast Producer1848, 1856
Minesota MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1848, 1885
NationalCopper, SilverPast Producer1848, 1853
National MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1848, 1908
RocklandCopper, SilverPast Producer1853, 1854
Rockland MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1853, 1880
ArticCopperPast Producer1904

Every working recorded in Ontonagon 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Old Victoria Historic Townsite0.6 miles14
Rockland3.8 miles14
Grand Rapids5.2 miles9
Greenland8.7 miles13
Mass City8.8 miles13
McKeever9.9 miles13
Wainola10.7 miles13
Lake Mine11.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622023. 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.