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Deer Park, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McMillan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49868. The Survey maps it on the Muskallonge Lake East quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.

Deer Park within Luce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Deer Park between 2003 and 2018, burning about 37 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resources7 MILE FIRE LINE CAMPFIRE
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Natural9.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2003Natural2.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2016Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 May 2018Natural18 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLLAND LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Luce County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Deer Park: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Luce County

Storms near this place

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Park in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 7 hail, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018HailDeer Park$1,000,000Rangers at Muskallonge Lake State Park reported tennis ball sized hail with numerous camper roofs destroyed. All 159 campsites at the park sustained hail damage to campers, cars and other property. Seven park vehicles were significantly damaged, and the roofs of several buildings in the park, including the park headquarters building, will probably need to be replaced. Time of the report was estimated by radar.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeer Park$50,000Fifty trees were knocked down at Muskallonge Lake State Park. Some trees fell on campers, tents, and outbuildings, but no injuries were reported.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindDeer Park$5,000The Luce County Emergency Manager reported trees down across northern Luce County. A tree fell on a tent at the Blind Sucker Campground and at Muskallonge State Park power lines were down as well. No injuries were reported.
June 2018HailDeer Park$4,000Law enforcement relayed a report of a windshield smashed by hail while driving from Muskallonge Lake State Park to Pine Stump Junction. Size of the hail was unknown but estimated from the earlier report at the park. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDeer Park$3,000The Michigan DNRE reported several large trees down near Blind Sucker Flooding.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeer Park$2,000A spotter reported six to eight-inch diameter trees down blocking County Road 407 to the west of Muskallonge Lake State Park.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDeer Park$2,000A camper was flipped over by thunderstorm winds at Muskallonge State Park.
June 2018HailDeer Park-Three-inch diameter hail was observed on the Lake Superior beach seven miles east of Grand Marais. Pictures and video were received via social media.
July 2016HailDeer Park-A spotter near Deer Park reported quarter-sized hail.
July 2003HailDeer Park-Hail 2 1/2 inches in diameter was reported near the shore at Two Heart.
May 2001HailDeer Park-Nickel sized hail.
July 2006HailDeer Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Luce 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
Pine Stump Junction7.4 miles10
Eightmile Corner17.7 miles10
Fourmile Corner18.5 miles10
Dollarville22.6 miles10
Natalie22.7 miles10
Newberry22.8 miles10
McPhees Landing23.3 miles10
McMillan23.5 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on Deer ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5250799The 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 624494. 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.