BlockYale, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Bessemer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49911. It stands on Sellwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bessemer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Yale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BESSEMER FD 0200913 - 2020 |
| 10 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | S BLACK RIVER ROAD |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WAKEFIELD FD 0540001 - 2020 |
| 3 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | MARGARET |
| 20 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.3 acres | Ottawa National Forest | BLACK RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Yale: 35 past producers, 11 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gogebic County Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cebolski Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Globe Industries Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Les Johnson Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Randall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Anvil-Palms-Keeweenaw Group | Iron | Past Producer | 1886, 1887 | |
| Anvil-Palms-Keweenaw Group | Iron | Past Producer | 1887, 1957 | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1884, 1923 | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1884 | |
| Dean Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Siemens | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Anvil | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| North Bessemer | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ramsay | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Jessieville | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Verona | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Auvinen Corner | 4.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616867. 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.