Camp Gibbs

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

One of 80 National Register listings published here for Iron County · listed in 1994 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 129 Camp Gibbs Rd., Iron River Township, Ottawa NF, Gibbs City, 49935
When was it listed? August 1994
Category. district
Also known as. Iron County MRA
Township. Iron River township
National Register reference number. 93001408 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Camp Gibbs between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	1

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
5 May 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ottawa National Forest	LANDING
7 April 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ottawa National Forest	IRON LAKE
29 April 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ottawa National Forest	BLOCKHOUSE
29 April 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ottawa National Forest	BUSH CREEK FIRE
17 April 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ottawa National Forest	PAINT RIVER FORKS

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Camp Gibbs: 7 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Champion Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Iron River Lumber & Fuel Co Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
East Morrison Creek Exploration	Iron	Prospect
Mccolman Expl	Iron	Prospect
Near Morrison Creek Exploration	Iron	Prospect
Pewabic Expl	Iron	Prospect
Pewabic West Expl	Iron	Prospect
South East Morrison Creek Prospect	Iron	Prospect
West Morrison Creek Exploration	Iron	Prospect

Every working recorded in Iron County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Beechwood Store	3.8 miles	1983
Bethany Lutheran Church	4.0 miles	1983
James Mine Historic District	6.7 miles	1983
Scalcucci's Grocery	7.2 miles	1983
Spies Boardinghouse	7.2 miles	1983
Nelson E. Fisher House-High Banks	7.3 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 93001408 in Record Group 79.
Iron County	All 80 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.