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Black Lake, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 49765. The Survey maps it on the Black Lake Bluffs quadrangle.

Black Lake within Presque Isle County

On record in Black Lake

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Black Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 89 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution1.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPRESQUE ISLE 04
19 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPRESQUE ISLE 04 - LOADED COOLER
13 July 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 June 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFOREST-WAVERLY FD 2019017 - 2019
27 June 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 2012Debris and open burning1.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPRESQUE ISLE 09

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Presque Isle County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Black Lake: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Marion Stone Co.Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Onaway QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Presque Isle County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Presque Isle County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Coddes Beach1.7 miles11
Rainy Beach2.2 miles11
Canfield Beach2.5 miles11
Black Lake Bluffs2.9 miles11
Onaway5.3 miles11
Ocqueoc8.6 miles11
Huron Beach9.2 miles11
Bell Landing10.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621513. 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.