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Lake City, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lake City City. It lies in ZIP code area 49651. The Survey maps it on the Lake City quadrangle. 829 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.

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Lake City within Missaukee County

Population over time

2 figures

Lake City fell from 836 to 829 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010836
2020829-7 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Lake City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 103 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORWICH TOWNSHIP FD 1900105 - 2019
1 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAKE MISSAUKEE FD 0000032 - 2019
1 July 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 June 2014Other causes1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 0004
17 June 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 07 - RICH CO FIRE
1 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 02

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missaukee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lake City: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Minthorn's Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Gilde & Helsel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Myers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Missaukee County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake City in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 WindLake City$140,000Power poles were snapped and many trees were downed, laying across roads near Lake Missaukee. Windows were damaged on some nearby businesses.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLake City$22,000Numerous trees were downed. One tree was toppled onto a mobile home.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLake City$14,000Several trees were downed in Lake City, and two buildings downtown sustained roof damage.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLake City$12,000Numerous trees were downed.
July 2012Flash FloodLake City$10,000Flooding occurred near the M-66 corridor in western Missaukee County. Rain fall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in just two hours were common in these areas. Roads were closed near Dickerson and Stoney Corners west of McBain, and at M-66 and Kalkaska Street in Lake City.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Central dispatch reports trees and powerlines down in Lake City. Time estimated via radar.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Numerous trees downed.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and damage farm property. While the damage path width was narrow, less than half a mile wide, it extended over the central part of Missaukee county for about 10 miles. The damage began just south of Lake City, then extended northeast to 9 miles east of Lake City. One farmer reported two hay wagons turned over, part of his corn and sunflower crop crushed, and some aluminum barn siding was lifted and blown against his home. This broke the kitchen window on his home. Another farm had two sheds blown over. That farmer had his clothesline posts snapped off at the ground. Witnesses said it was not a tornado, just very strong winds.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLake City$3,000Trees downed.
July 2005LightningLake City$1,000Lightning struck a utility pole outside of a residence, blasting a crossbeam to the ground. Part of the surge entered the home, destroying a television.
March 2026HailLake City-Penny size hail near Lake City in Missaukee county.
March 2026HailLake City-Quarter sized hail fell again in the Lake City area.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLake City-Strong straight-line thunderstorm winds up to 90 mph damaged 3 homes and destroyed several barns and sheds.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Lake City-A tornado on the ground for around 500 yards snapped off numerous trees about 5 feet above the ground.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLake City-Strong thunderstorm winds downed several trees along Rhoby Road and Edwards Road.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLake City-A few trees and large limbs were blown down along M42 northwest of Lake City.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLake City-A huge tree was uprooted by the wind causing some power outages to the area.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindLake City-Large tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm wind.
July 2016HailLake City-no account filed
June 2006HailLake City-no account filed
July 2004HailLake City-no account filed
May 2000HailLake City-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLake City-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLake City-no account filed
April 1993HailLake City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Missaukee 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
Jennings4.4 miles12
Arlene5.4 miles12
Morey6.2 miles12
Cutcheon7.0 miles12
Keelans Corner7.4 miles12
Lucas8.9 miles13
Falmouth9.3 miles11
Dinca9.4 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Lake CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2061014The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629968. 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.