BlockWindigo, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eagle Harbor Township. It stands on Washington Creek. The Survey maps it on the Windigo quadrangle. It stands 656 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grand Portage quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Windigo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Windigo between 1992 and 1999, burning under an acre in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | HAWK |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | TOOTHPICK |
| 23 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | MINONG JCT |
| 19 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Isle Royale National Park | 986 |
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 Windigo: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendigo Mines | Copper | Producer | Copper |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windigo in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windigo | $3,000 | Park rangers in Isle Royale National Park reported a tree down, an 80-pound aluminum canoe taken off its rack, and a portion of the floating dock torn at and around Windigo. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windigo | - | A seven inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Windigo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Harbor Lodge | 39.2 miles | 10 | |
| Eagle River | 57.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bumbletown | 58.1 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle Nest | 58.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ahmeek | 58.4 miles | 14 | |
| Vaughnsville | 58.5 miles | 13 | |
| Allouez | 58.5 miles | 14 | |
| Phoenix | 58.9 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q36317396 | 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 1617947. 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.