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Houghton County Information

County Seat: Houghton
Michigan State Police (MSP) District: 8
Michigan State Police (MSP) Post: 87
Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) District: 1
Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) District: Superior
Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Division: N/A
NOAA WFO: Marquette

State Facilities

Michigan Department of Natural Resources-F.J. McLain State Park Office: 18350 Highway M203 Hancock
Michigan Department of Natural Resources-Twin Lakes Field Office: 6204 E. Poyhonen Toivola
Michigan Department of Natural Resources-Twin Lakes State Park Office: 32650 N. Highway M26 Toivola
Michigan Department of Transportation-Houghton Garage: 51750 Industrial Dr. Calumet
Michigan State Police Post 87: 55195 N. US Highway 41 Calumet

Federal Facilities

National Park Service (NPS)-Keweenaw National Historial Park Headquarters: 25970 Red Jacket Rd. Calumet
United States Coast Guard (USCG)-Station Portage: 22911 Chippewa Trail Dollar Bay
United States Forest Service (USFS)-Kenton Ranger District Office: 4810 E. M-28 Kenton

Houghton County Fire Departments

Adams Twp VFD-PO Box 118 Atlantic Mine
Bootjack FD-47715 Bootjack Rd. Lake Linden
Calumet Twp Fire & Rescue-PO Box 83 Calumet
Calumet Village FD-340 6th St. Calumet
Chassell VFR-22115 7th Street PO Box 438 Chassell
Copper City VFD-PO Box 95 Copper City
Dollar Bay VFD-PO Box 112 Dollar Bay
Duncan Twp VFD-13405 M-28 Sidnaw
Hancock FD-900 Ethel Ave. Hancock
Houghton FD-1404 Gundlach Rd. Houghton
Hubbell VFD-PO Box 452 52235 Duncan Ave. Hubbell
Hurontown FD-1041 Main Hurontown Houghton
Laird VFD-PO Box 66 Nisula
Lake Linden VFD-401 Calumet St. Lake Linden
Laurium FD-PO Box 627 Laurium
Michigan DNR-Twin Lakes Ranger Station-6204 E. Pyhonen Rd. Toivola
Otter Lake VFD-34830 Tapiola Rd. Pelkie
Quincy-Franklin-Hancock VFD-20457 Sunshine Rd. Hancock
Ripley VFD-20769 East Second St. Ripley
South Range VFD-45 Trimountain Ave, PO Box 247 South Range
Stanton Twp VFD1-16841 Fire Hall Rd. Houghton
Tamarack City VFD-PO Box 512 Hubbell
Toivola VFD-41035 Church Rd. Toivola
Twin Lakes-Elm River FD-32850 Hwy M-26 Toivola
United States Forest Service-Kenton Ranger Station-4810 E. M-28 Kenton

Houghton City

Codes, Unit Lists, Pager Tones

Fire Tone Outs

All are standard tone timing sequences A=3sec, B=3sec unless otherwise noted and all are in Hz. 

Department            Tone A      Tone B

Quincy-Franklin        726.8       617.4
Hancock                726.8       688.3
Houghton City          1465.0      1147.7 A=3sec, B=1sec
Adams Township         617.4       726.8
Dollar Bay             726.8         -    Single 8 sec tone
Chassell               810.2       726.8
Hurontown              1063.1      433.7
Otter Lake             855.5       651.9
Ripley                 855.5       726.8
South Range            810.2       688.3
Stanton Township       688.3       726.8

Public Safety Units

  • Houghton County is dispatched by the Negaunee Regional Dispatch Center

Unit ID's are as follows:

Unit ID Description
Station 80 Negaunee Dispatch
Station 31 Houghton County Sheriff's Office
31 Adam xx Sheriff Units
31 Baker xx Houghton Police
31 Charles xx Hancock Police
31 David xx Laurium Police
31 Edward xx Lake Linden Police
31 Frank xx Calumet Village Police
31 George xx Michigan Tech Public Safety
31 Henry xx Calumet Township Police
  • Mercy EMS has units Mercy 1 - Mercy 8
Houghton County Sheriffs Department Hierarchy
  • 31 Adam 1 Sheriff
  • 31 Adam 2 Undersheriff
  • 31 Adam 10 Detective
  • 31 Adam 11 thru 14 Sgts.
  • 31 Adam 20 thru 29 Deputy's
  • 31 Adam 50 thru 59 Corrections
  • 31 Adam 80 thru 86 Part-time Deputies

Radio IDs

Ham Radio Simplex

  • 447.120 W3TLP 67.0 PL

Houghton County (MI) Bridges

Michigan Technological University

  • 9/11 FCC Modification to WPYP398 adding temporary bases on 464.8875, 464.0625, 463.3375, 462.0625
  • 11/11 FCC Modification to KA89630 adding nationwide mobiles on 151.505, 151.5125, 151.625 (Athletics Department)