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Wobic, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Humboldt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49814. The Survey maps it on the Champion quadrangle.

Wobic within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wobic between 1992 and 2019, burning about 93 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2015Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST. ANTHONY
14 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISHPEMING TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000058 - 2019
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use80 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCO RD 601
26 July 2007Natural2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Wobic: 26 past producers, 8 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Molybdenum, Feldspar. 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
Dishneau PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Republic Feldspar QuarryFeldsparPast Producer
Unnamed Copper&Molybdenum ProspectCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Mineral ProspectMolybdenum, Gold, Copper, Bismuth, TungstenOccurrence
Unnamed Uranium ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrence
Bessie MineIronProducer1844, 1891, 1906

Every working recorded in Marquette 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
Champion0.9 miles15
Beacon1.8 miles15
Martins Landing2.9 miles15
Humboldt Mine3.2 miles12
Clowry3.2 miles15
Humboldt3.5 miles12
Clarksburg5.4 miles13
Diorite6.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617915. 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.