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Hamlin Lake, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hamlin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49431. The Survey maps it on the Hamlin Lake quadrangle.

Hamlin Lake within Mason County

On record in Hamlin 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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Hamlin Lake between 1996 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None 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 use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
20 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestNURNBURG ROAD
30 July 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestNORDHOUSE DUNES
3 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCOTTVILLE FD 20-0164 - 2020
25 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use16 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON 02 - VICTORY
9 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestNORDHOUSE
8 May 2005Recreation and ceremony4.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHAMLIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000080 - 2019
28 May 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hamlin Lake: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Keiser's Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Ludington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ludington SiteSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Mason County

Storms near this place

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamlin Lake in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHamlin Lake$150,000Wind gusts of up to near 80 mph brought down several trees across portions of Mason county. Extensive tree damage was found along a twenty mile swath starting at Tamarack Park and ending near Lake Emerson. Power poles were also destroyed along Maple road.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHamlin Lake$100,000The Ludington daily news reported numerous trees down in Ludington State Park that caused damage to camper trailers, vehicles and a park building.
October 2006HailHamlin Lake$15,000Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported at Ludington State Park.
June 2008HailHamlin Lake-One inch diameter hail was measured near the twin bridges at Hamlin Lake.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHamlin Lake-A 51 knot wind gust was recorded at the Big Sable GLERL observation site.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHamlin Lake-Mason County law enforcement reported a 73-mph wind gust in the village of Hamlin Lake at 9:59 pm EDT. The Ludington Daily News reported large trees were uprooted and minor structural damage occurred in a narrow path between the south and middle bayous of Hamlin Lake. Lakeshore Drive between the bayous was closed by the Mason County Road Commission in order to get the debris and downed power lines cleared. A large tree uprooted at 3912 N. Lakeshore and fell onto a metal building housing a home business, putting a hole in the roof. Hamlin Township firefighters assisted at 2 locations where fallen trees ruptured gas lines. Several other residents in the area reported trees down on homes and trailers and screens blown out. Approximately 274 residents lost power during the storm. No injuries were reported and damage estimates were not available.

Every storm recorded in Mason 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
Weimer0.4 miles10
Piney Ridge1.0 miles10
Lincoln (historical)2.2 miles10
Epworth Assembly3.0 miles10
North Epworth3.1 miles10
Ludington4.6 miles10
Buttersville5.3 miles10
White Pine Village6.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620117. 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.