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A helicopter used a helicopter bucket to gather water that was used to contain the Sleeper lake Fire.
A group of Michigan Department of Natural Resources employees and Luce County Sheriffs discuss the Sleeper Lake Fire Incident Action Plan.
Printed fire insurance map showing the location of all the buildings in downtown Brighton, Michigan for the year 1938. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.
Forest Management fire officers manage a prescribed fire. These prescribed fires are intentionally ignited under a strict set of weather and site conditions to accomplish a specific resource management or ecological objective.
Printed Fire Insurance Map of the town of Manchester in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the year 1941. Fire insurance maps show the location of and building materials of each building in a downtown area. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Michigan police officers enforce a roadblock during the Sleeper Lake Fire.
Printed Fire Insurance Map in five pages, showing the building material that downtown buildings were made of in Brighton, Michigan in 1938. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.
Printed Fire Insurance Map of the city of Utica in Macomb County, Michigan in the year 1941. Fire insurance maps show the location of and building materials of each building in a downtown area. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Printed Fire Insurance Map of the town of Brown City in Sanilac County, Michigan in the year 1941. Fire insurance maps show the location of and building materials of each building in a downtown area. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.
Forest Management fire officer sets a prescribed fire. These prescribed fires are intentionally ignited under a strict set of weather and site conditions to accomplish a specific resource management or ecological objective.
Hand drawn. Encapsulated. Key attached obscuring part of page 1. This map shows the location of buildings in part of Lansing, Michigan in 1868. The map also shows the material the buildings were made of in order to assess the fire risk. Scale on original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.
Printed three page fire insurance map of the village of Petersburg in Monroe County, Michigan in 1939. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
A firefighter saturates the ground in order to prevent further fires from starting.
A firefighter checks a water hose for leaks in a burned-out section of forest in the Sleeper Lake region.
A helicopter releases water using a Bambi bucket to suppress fire as part of the efforts to fight the Sleeper Lake wildfire. The 2007 lightning-caused fire which burned more than 18,000 acres in the eastern Upper Peninsula. It was the third largest fire in Michigan's history.
Printed Fire Insurance Map of the town of Flat Rock in Wayne County, Michigan in the year 1941. Fire insurance maps show the location of and building materials of each building in a downtown area. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Grassland, savanna, and pine barren were common in portions of Michigan's Lower Peninsula before settlement by Europeans. Native grassland and savanna communities, found primarily in southern Lower Michigan, have been largely converted to agricultural land and human developments. Effective fire suppression since the 1930s allowed most pine barrens of the northern Lower Peninsula to develop into dense forest cover. Loss of herbaceous openlands in Lower Michigan has resulted in decline or extirpation of wildlife species dependent on these landscapes. Prescribed burning is the management technique often preferred by natural resource professionals when maintaining grasslands. Furthermore, grasslands are actually fire-adapted communities, and periodic burning is essential for long-term health. However, grasslands provide little cover to early nesting birds after a spring burn; thus short term wildlife production values must be weighed against long-term grassland health when considering a prescribed burn. Two to three years after a burn, detritus cover within the West Unit of the study area had returned to nearly 100%, similar to an unburned field. Therefore, examination of detritus accumulation coupled with establishment of new woody stems should be used as a quick reference to the need for a prescribed bum at this clay lake plain management area.
An aerial view of an area affected by the Sleeper Lake wildfire, showing a juxtaposition of burned and untouched areas around Murphy Creek (?). The 2007 lightning-caused fire which burned more than 18,000 acres in the eastern Upper Peninsula. It was the third largest fire in Michigan's history
Printed Fire Insurance Map in five pages, showing the building material that downtown buildings were made of in Brighton, Michigan in 1938. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.
Printed Fire Insurance Map of the town of Flat Rock in Wayne County, Michigan in the year 1941. Fire insurance maps show the location of and building materials of each building in a downtown area. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Letter from Giles Allen to his mother, Nancy Allen, not dated. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, traveling via the railroad, Lafourche, Louisiana, his battle experiences at the Battle of Bayou Teche, and burning cotton.
Lafourche (La.)
Printed Fire Insurance Map of the city of Utica in Macomb County, Michigan in the year 1941. Fire insurance maps show the location of and building materials of each building in a downtown area. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Printed fire insurance map of North Branch, Michigan in 1909. This map shows where the buildings in the business district of the village of North Branch were in 1909. It also has the relative fire risk shown by color coding. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.
An airman sits on the open side of a helicopter while a helicopter bucket hangs beneath the craft.
Forest Management fire officer sets a prescribed fire. These prescribed fires are intentionally ignited under a strict set of weather and site conditions to accomplish a specific resource management or ecological objective.
Printed fire insurance map showing the location of all the buildings in downtown Union City in Branch County, Michigan for the year 1940. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
An aerial view of the damage from the Sleeper Lake Fire around a lake.
1863 Civil War Diary of Cornelius Byington. In the diary, he describes the status of his regiment, the siege of Vicksburg, and burning railroads and homes (July 18, 1863).
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Printed fire insurance map showing the location of all the buildings in downtown Union City in Branch County, Michigan for the year 1940. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Printed Fire Insurance Map in five pages, showing the building material that downtown buildings were made of in Brighton, Michigan in 1938. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.
Printed Fire Insurance map of Manistee, Michigan showing the buildings, but not the streets of the downtown area for the year 1942. No scale given.
Three signs signed by people that were helped by Michigan's Department of Natural Resources.
Printed fire insurance map showing the location of all the buildings in downtown Union City in Branch County, Michigan for the year 1940. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Printed fire insurance map of Lexington, Michigan in Sanilac County for 1924. Fire insurance map delineate where each building is in a downtown area, what their basic business is, and what materials the buildings are made of. No scale given.
Reproduction of a printed fire insurance map of Concord, Michigan in 1911. The map shows the location of downtown buildings and assessment of their fire risk. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 70 feet.
Printed fire insurance map showing the location of all the buildings in downtown Union City in Branch County, Michigan for the year 1940. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Printed three page fire insurance map of the village of Petersburg in Monroe County, Michigan in 1939. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
Forest Management fire officers confer during a prescribed fire. These prescribed fires are intentionally ignited under a strict set of weather and site conditions to accomplish a specific resource management or ecological objective.
A firefighter saturates the ground in order to prevent further fires from starting.
Letter from Leonard G. Loomis to Elizabeth Abbott dated April 10, 1864. In this letter, he describe camp life in Baton Rouge, cooking, and his desire for peace.
Baton Rouge (La.)
Printed Fire Insurance Map of the town of Manchester in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the year 1941. Fire insurance maps show the location of and building materials of each building in a downtown area. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 100 feet.
An aerial view of the damage from the Sleeper Lake Fire around a lake.
