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Wyandotte, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Elm River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49965. It stands on Ahola Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winona North quadrangle.

Wyandotte within Houghton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wyandotte between 1995 and 2010, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
2 September 2008Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRAINSTORM
27 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 May 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLEAR LAKE FIRE
2 April 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY LINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houghton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Wyandotte: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 3 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
George Hocking Constr Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Houghton Co Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Houghton Co Road Commission PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Winona PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Algonquin MineCopperPast Producer1847
Eagle ExplorationCopperProspect1853, 1866
Elm River MineCopperPast Producer1899, 1906
King Philip Cu MineCopperPast Producer
King Philip MineCopperPast ProducerSecondary Enrichment
Shawmut MineCopperPast ProducerSecondary Enrichment

Every working recorded in Houghton 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
Lake Roland0.7 miles12
Twin Lakes1.4 miles12
Winona2.0 miles13
Donken5.6 miles12
Stonington7.6 miles12
White8.9 miles12
Toivola9.4 miles12
Nisula9.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617956. 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.