Five Lakes, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mayfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48461. The Survey maps it on the North Branch 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 North Branch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Five Lakes between 2003 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP FD 0000057 - 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 |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0119110 - 2019 |
| 26 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0118125 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0118117 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Five Lakes: 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 |
Storms near this place
11 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Lakes in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | $10,000 | Trees and wires reported down. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | - | Trees and wires reported down throughout the area. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | - | Trees reported down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | - | Trees reported down. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | - | Large tree limbs down on the road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | - | Recorded wind speed via station MI-LP-9. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | - | Numerous trees and wires reported down. One tree fell onto a house, causing one minor injury. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | - | Two foot diameter tree limb reported down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Lakes | - | Two trees reported down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Five Lakes | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Five Lakes | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Mill | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Barnes Lake | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lum | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Millers Lake | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| North Branch | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lapeer | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Attica | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Goodland | 9.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617557. 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.




