Clarklake, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Columbia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49234. The Survey maps it on the Cement City quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.
On record in Clarklake
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gordon Hitt Farmsteadlisted 1994 · 0.7 miles away- Kentucky Homesteadlisted 1994 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Cement City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Clarklake between 2018 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 0000352 - 2018 |
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOMERSET TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 653 - 2020 |
| 14 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000436 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON FD 0000552 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 186 - 2019 |
| 5 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON FD 0000452 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMMIT TOWNSHIP FD 0000701 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000232 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clarklake: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsular Port.Cement Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cambridge Junction Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stevick Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarklake in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2003: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | Clarklake | $15,000 | One inch diameter hail was reported about one mile west of Brooklyn near Clark Lake. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarklake | $5,000 | Numerous eight to ten inch diameter tree limbs were blown down and several fell down on and blocked roads in the Clark Lake area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Liberty | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| South Jackson | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Brooklyn | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Vandercook Lake | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Napoleon | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Point | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Michigan Center | 7.8 miles | 17 |
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 Q122556432 | The 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 623374. 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.
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.







