2014 Map of Firesteel

About this map

Firesteel sits at the northern edge of this landscape, where the rural character of Ontonagon County is defined by a dense network of watercourses and forest lands. The Flintsteel River and its various tributaries, including Cane Cr and Monehan Cr, carve through the terrain, illustrating the drainage patterns that have long shaped local land use. To the south, the protected acreage of the Ottawa National Forest marks a significant transition from private holdings to federal timber and conservation lands. The map shows a region crisscrossed by local roads with evocative names like French Shanty Rd and Harmony Farm Rd, suggesting the area's history of small-scale agriculture and logging. The primary transit corridor of Us-45 and the diagonal Ontonagon-Greenland Rd provide the main connections between the scattered settlements and the larger reaches of the Upper Peninsula.