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Wyoming, Michigan

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. The Survey maps it on the Delaware quadrangle.

Wyoming within Keweenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Wyoming between 2002 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 August 2006Natural2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2015Natural5.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMADISON GAP
23 May 2002Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2020Debris and open burning2.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBINGHAM RD
18 October 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAGLE HARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Keweenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Wyoming: 18 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Evergreen SeriesCopper, SilverPast Producer1848
Keweenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
543-S DepositCopperProducer1996
813 - Mt. Bohemia WestCopperProspectChalcocite
Agate Harbor MineCopperPast Producer1846, 1854
Amygdaloid Cu MineCopperPast Producer
Central ExplorationCopperPast Producer1930, 1934, 1945
Connecticut FissureCopperPast ProducerCopper
Dana MineCopperPast Producer1851, 1857
Delaware Copper MineCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Keweenaw 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
Delaware0.7 miles23
Nepco Camp Number 73.4 miles14
Mandan3.6 miles23
Lac La Belle4.1 miles23
Eagle Harbor5.1 miles14
Copper Falls6.2 miles14
Central6.3 miles14
Bete Grise7.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618749. 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.