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Presque Isle County, Michigan

34 topographic sheets cover 34 settlements here, and 13 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

13 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Michigan within the United States
Presque Isle County within Michigan

What the record shows

  • 290 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 13 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 7 buildings, 3 districts, 2 sites and 1 structure.
  • 1 of the 13 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 34 populated places in this county; 34 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

13

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Camp Black Lakedistrict2021100006365
Forty Mile Point Light Stationbuilding198484001830
P.H. Hoeft State Parkdistrict200909001065
KYLE SPANGLER (schooner) Shipwreck Sitesite201614001098
NORMAN (shipwreck)site201616000819
Ocqueoc Falls Highway-Ocqueoc River Bridgestructure199999001536
Old Presque Isle Lighthousebuilding197373000957
Onaway State Parkdistrict200909001066
Presque Isle County Courthousebuilding198080001889
Presque Isle Light Stationbuilding198383000890
Presque Isle Lodgebuilding200807001490
Radka-Bradley Housebuilding199191001019
Rogers Theaterbuilding2024100010780

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

147 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 147 of them, burning about 651 acres. 9 started naturally and 6 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Smoking2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 April 2006Recreation and ceremony108 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2003Debris and open burning54 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution34 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPRESQUE ISLE 05
16 April 2005Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 1995Misuse of fire by a minor23 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Debris and open burning23 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPRESQUE ISLE 03
2 April 2020Debris and open burning21 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPRESQUE ISLE 01 - EARLY FIRE
24 May 2002Debris and open burning19 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2022

60 of 96 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 96 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 3 injuries and about $3,995,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind50
Hail36
Tornado7
Lightning3

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016LightningErand Lake1 killedA 21 year old woman from Grand Rapids was struck by lightning while working as a life guard. She passed away two days later.
July 2004HailPosen1 hurt, $3,500,000A devastating hailstorm caused extensive damage in the small town of Posen. The hail was driven at times by wind gusts around 60 mph. Most buildings and vehicles in the community suffered some sort of damage. Holes were punched in roofs and siding; cars were dented, and windows broken. Buildings that had siding damage were damaged almost exclusively on their south side. The storm spawned hundreds of insurance claims. A local church had to patch 300 holes in its roof. Damage to a school roof was estimated at nearly $200,000, and a local greenhouse lost over a thousand two-foot by two-foot window panes. One individual suffered a badly bruised back as he tried to move his vehicle to shelter. Substantial damage was done to crops (largely potatoes, with some beans, tomatoes and corn in the mix) in nearby fields.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBlack Lake Bluffs1 hurt, $95,000Areas of wind damage, mainly downed trees, occurred just east and southeast of Black Lake. A number of trees were downed at Onaway State Park, damaging multiple camping trailers. One occupant of a trailer suffered two broken ribs when his trailer was struck by a falling tree.
July 1964Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 1964Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 1957Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindOcqueoc$12,000A number of trees and power lines were downed in and west of Rogers City. A boater at harbor in Rogers City measured a 66 mph gust.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindOnaway$12,000A weighted picnic table was blown into the side of a house. Part of the table penetrated the siding and sheeting of the home, and entered some cabinetry.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindOnaway$8,000Multiple trees and power lines were downed in western Presque Isle County.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindOnaway$8,000Numerous trees downed.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindOnaway$7,000Several trees were downed, across power lines in some areas. A road near Millersburg was briefly blocked.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBig Cut$6,000Multiple trees downed on County Road 638 between Millersburg and Hawks.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindOnaway$6,000Numerous trees and power lines downed.
August 1993HailAlpena$5,000Hail, 0.75-inch in diameter was reported in extreme southeast Presque Isle County near Birch Highway on the east side of Long Lake. Several cars were dented by the large hail.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindErand Lake$4,000Numerous trees were downed.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindOnaway$4,000Several large trees were downed.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindOcqueoc$4,000Several large trees downed.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindOcqueoc$4,000Trees downed.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPosen$4,000Several large trees were downed in the Grand Lake area. Presque Isle Lighthouse measured a wind gust of 54 knots.
August 2003LightningOnaway$4,000Lightning struck a tree outside a home. The charge moved through the ground and entered the house, splintering joists in the crawl space and starting a small electrical fire.
August 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
September 2021Thunderstorm WindMillersburg$2,000Tree broken and heavy metal swing blown down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindRogers City$2,000A single, large tree was downed.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPosen$2,000Two trees and one power pole were downed.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindOnaway$2,000Trees downed.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindOcqueoc$2,000Trees downed.
May 2022HailOnaway-Facebook photo of 1.5 inch hail at Tomahawk Creek Flooding. Time estimated on radar.
May 2022HailHawks-Two inch hail report. Time estimated by radar.
May 2022HailPosen-Baseball sized hail was reported in Posen.
May 2022HailErand Lake-Three inch hail was reported near Presque Isle.
May 2022HailErand Lake-Report of hen egg sized hail in Black Bass Bay. Time estimated by radar.
September 2012HailOcqueoc-Golfball-sized hail fell along M-68 between Rogers City and Millersburg.
June 2011HailMillersburg-Hail covered the ground.
June 2008HailBlack Lake Bluffs-Penny sized hail fell at Onaway State Park.
July 2006HailPolaski-Tennis ball sized hail along north shore of Long Lake.
July 2006HailOcqueoc-Nickel sized hail at Huron Beach.
July 2005HailOcqueoc-A small cluster of severe thunderstorms developed early in the afternoon in northeast Lower Michigan. Quarter sized hail fell at Huron Beach.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPosen-Trees were downed.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindRogers City-Numerous trees down.
August 2002Tornado (F0)Black Lake Bluffs-Tornado developed over Black Lake and moved onshore near Black Lake Bluffs. Many trees downed and at least three pontoon boats flipped.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindOnaway-Several trees down.
June 2001LightningRogers City-Large tree struck by lightning and downed across road.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Posen-Brief touchdown lifted truck off ground, blew off barn doors and downed a few large trees.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPosen-Numerous trees down. Most damage was to Apple and Poplar trees. Some trees fell on homes and power lines.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindRogers City-Trees down on South Rogers Rd
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHammond-Trees down.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindPosen-Trees snapped off and/or uprooted across the area. Some powerlines also down.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindRogers City-Gust of 60 mph reported at the 40 mile Point Lighthouse.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindRogers City-Spotter reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHawks-Spotter reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds, as well as south of Hawks near the countyline between Alpena County and Presque Isle County.
May 1995HailApn-Three-quarters inch hail reported in Rogers City by Rogers City Police.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindAlpena-Several trees were uprooted at the north end of Grand Lake in eastern Presque Isle County near McCreery Highway area.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindHawks-Several trees were uprooted by thunderstorm wind.
May 2013HailRogers City-no account filed
May 2013HailOnaway-no account filed
June 2011HailRogers City-no account filed
May 2011HailGrace-no account filed
May 2011HailErand Lake-no account filed
August 2009HailPosen-no account filed
June 2008HailPolaski-no account filed

Mines and quarries

19 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 19 workings inside this county. 13 still produce and 6 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction8
Limestone, General4
Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Clay2
Fire Clay (Refractory)1
Limestone, Dimension1
Limestone, High Calcium1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Calcite PlantLimestone, High CalciumProducer1912
Indian Creek Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Onaway QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Bell Clay Shale PitClayProspect
Calcite PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
N.Hackett Lake Clay PitClayProspect
StoneportStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Calcite Mill/Glawe IncLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
East Branch Limestone ExposureLimestone, GeneralProspect
Ocqueoc Limestone ExposureLimestone, GeneralProspect
Stoneport QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer1954
Presque Isle Co Pit No 1 & Mill 27Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Presque Isle County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Presque Isle County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Straits Aggregate and Equipment Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every populated place in the county

34

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.