BlockBefore

Hubbard Lake, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ossineke Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49747. It stands on Simmons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hubbard Lake quadrangle.

Hubbard Lake within Alpena County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

In the county-history sources

198 words on this township

Centennial History of Alpena County, Michigan : Giving Sketch of Michigan from Its Early Settlement, Fortunes and Misfortunes of First Settlers, the Survey, Settlement, and Growth of Alpena County from 1837-1876, published 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Ossineke Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Ossineke Township - 198 words.

Fires near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Hubbard Lake between 1995 and 2019, burning about 95 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 20
16 July 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 1996Debris and open burning4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 10
11 June 2004Debris and open burning1.8 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 07
4 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alpena County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hubbard Lake in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2015: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2007Tornado (EF2)Hubbard Lake$245,000The third tornado from this parent thunderstorm, and sixth and final tornado of the day, this one was only on the ground momentarily, with a quarter-mile long track. However, this quick touchdown produced substantial damage near Borke Road. One home had its second story ripped off. A nearby mobile home was destroyed, and two barns were significantly damaged. Some livestock (cows and chickens) were killed. Trees in the area were also heavily damaged. Winds were estimated at up to 110 mph, making it an EF2.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindHubbard Lake$15,000Thunderstorm winds caused sporadic tree damage in southeast Alpena County. Minor damage to mobile homes occurred near Shawlani Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHubbard Lake$4,000Trees and power lines were downed onto Carriveau Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHubbard Lake$3,000Several trees were downed onto power lines, near M-65 about a mile south of MacDonald Road.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHubbard Lake-Tree limbs were downed.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHubbard Lake-One mile path of trees uprooted by thunderstorm winds.
August 2015HailHubbard Lake-no account filed
August 2004HailHubbard Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alpena 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
Ossineke7.9 miles9
Herron10.8 miles7
McHarg11.3 miles8
Paxton12.6 miles8
Spratt12.6 miles7
Emerson Station13.6 miles7
Alpena Junction14.5 miles8
Alpena15.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628742. 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.

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.