BlockGreen Lake, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Leighton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49316. The Survey maps it on the Bowens Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bowens Mill quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Green Lake between 1996 and 2020, burning about 84 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEIGHTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000110 - 2019 |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEIGHTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000103 - 2019 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 336 - 2018 |
| 19 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORR TOWNSHIP FD 0000070 - 2020 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 371 - 2018 |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEIGHTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000041 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Green Lake: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Currie and Duncan Lake Marl | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Lake in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2010: 2 tornado. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Green Lake | $150,000 | A tornado resulted in damage to a house approximately 5 miles to the northeast of Wayland. The roof of the home sustained damage with shingles removed and scattered northeast. A wooden swing set was thrown into the east side of the home. A 2x4 was impaled into a pickup truck door located in the driveway. The tornado traveled northeast into wetlands. Tree branches were snapped and a few trees were uprooted. A barn sustained minor damage and a chicken coop was destroyed. Two homes and a barn had minor shingle loss and one home had a screen door torn from the home. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Green Lake | $50,000 | A F0 tornado touched down on Round Lake and moved north across the eastern edge of Green Lake, then ending just north of 108th street. The tornado was a F0, producing maximum estimated wind speeds to 70 m.p.h. It was 50 yards wide and had a path length of 1.5 miles. The tornado passed over dozens of homes, but did not produce any structural damage. At the north end of Round Lake, a wooden dock was lifted out of the water and thrown into an area of trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corning | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Moline | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Wayland | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dorr | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bradley | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hilliards | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hopkinsburg | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Shelbyville | 10.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2581767. 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.