Fortune Lake, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Crystal Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49920. It lies near Scaddens Island. The Survey maps it on the Fortune Lakes quadrangle.
On record in Fortune 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.
Bewabic Parklisted 2016 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Crystal Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Fortune Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Fortune Lakes quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Fortune Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 70 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIND ROAD |
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 167 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 167 workings within 5 miles of Fortune Lake: 63 occurrences, 54 past producers, 46 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Lake Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oss Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Paint Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Williams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alpha Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1903 | |
| Alpha Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Balkan-Judson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1935 | |
| Balkan-Judson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Book Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1942, 1958 | |
| Book Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1942, 1943 |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fortune Lake in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Hail | Fortune Lake | - | Hail occurred in Bewabic State Park. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fortune Lake | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed a 20 inch diameter tree and blew tarpaper off a roof. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Bristol Location | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Monongahela Location | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dunn Location | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Tobin Location | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shafer Location | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Erickson Landing | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Odgers Location | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Alpha | 4.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626299. 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.







