Barker Creek, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clearwater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49690. It stands on Barker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Torch River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Elk Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Torch River quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Barker Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 05 - ROOTS LAKE |
| 10 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2001 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barker Creek in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barker Creek | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed by the wind, blocking many roads and creating power outages that lasted for nearly two days. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Torch River | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Kalkaska | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Crofton | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Leetsville | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| South Boardman | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Houseman | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lodi | 12.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617432. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.
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.





