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Camp Lu Lay Lea, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cumming Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48635. The Survey maps it on the Selkirk quadrangle.

Camp Lu Lay Lea within Ogemaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Camp Lu Lay Lea between 1992 and 2019, burning about 82 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2007Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOGEMAW 04 - BLOW OUT FIRE
7 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOGEMAW 03 - ONEIL RD.
6 May 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 May 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ogemaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Camp Lu Lay Lea: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nw Ogeman State Forest Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Steen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ogemaw 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
Selkirk3.5 miles10
Shady Shores5.1 miles11
Lupton6.6 miles11
Fayettes Corner6.7 miles11
Campbells Corners7.5 miles11
Rose City8.2 miles11
Elbow Lake8.5 miles9
Skidway Lake10.7 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122594924The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622598. 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.