BlockBarnes Lake, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Deerfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48421. The Survey maps it on the Barnes Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Barnes Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Barnes Lake between 2006 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000211 - 2018 |
| 22 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIAVILLE FD 1909067 - 2019 |
| 23 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTER LAKE FIRE & RESCUE 0000017 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0118159 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000132 - 2018 |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0119110 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000080 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Barnes Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Lake | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Five Lakes | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Columbiaville | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| North Branch | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kings Mill | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Otter Lake | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lapeer | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lum | 9.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2804668. 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.
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.