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Indian Lake, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49047. The Survey maps it on the Sister Lakes quadrangle.

Indian Lake within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

13 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Indian Lake between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAU CLAIRE FD 81 - 2020
28 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAU CLAIRE FD 78 - 2020
7 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDIAN LAKE VFD 2018025 - 2018
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDIAN LAKE VFD 2018019 - 2018
13 May 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSISTER LAKES FD 020-025 - 2020
7 April 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAU CLAIRE FD 21 - 2020
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAU CLAIRE FD 38 - 2019
29 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAU CLAIRE FD 51 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass 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 Indian Lake: 3 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dunaetz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rudell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver Creek Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Lake in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$100,000Microburst damage continued into Cass County from Berrien County, near County Line Road and Frost Street. Tree damaged continued along the track, with somewhat more concentrated damage towards the end of the path as it tracked across some residential areas. Three homes suffered minor damage from either the winds or trees falling onto them. A barn and garage were destroyed at the end of the microburst near Wilbur Hill Road and Peavine Street. The supercell that caused the microburst produced yet another tornado just to the east of this microburst damage.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$15,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$10,000Amateur radio operators reported a tree down onto an occupied house. No injuries were reported. Damage is estimated at $10,000.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$2,500A tree was blown down across street and onto adjacent power lines.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Several trees down across northern part of county.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Emergency management officials reported several trees down near Indian Lake.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trained spotters reported three to six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Emergency management officials reported power lines down in State Route 62.

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Beechwood0.0 miles10
Sandy Beach3.4 miles10
Maple Island4.4 miles10
Dowagiac5.5 miles14
Sumnerville6.4 miles14
Five Mile Corners6.5 miles10
Pokagon6.6 miles14
Twin Lakes8.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618832. 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.