BlockLake George, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48633. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Clare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Lake George between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE 0012 |
| 14 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARRISON COMMUNITY FD 194 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARRISON COMMUNITY FD 172 - 2020 |
| 23 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARRISON COMMUNITY FD 203 - 2020 |
| 23 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE 30 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake George in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake George | $2,000,000 | The first indications of tornado damage were near Bringold Avenue about one-third of a mile south of Mannsiding Road. The tornado traveled east northeast across Lake George and continued east near Cedar Road and continued on to the east northeast |crossing US-127 and ending just south of the intersection of East Gladwin Road and South Rodgers Avenue.||The damage included boats flipped on Lake George as well as hundreds of|trees downed along the path - including some trees falling onto homes.|There was a concentrated area of damage where winds were estimated|at 95 mph just east of Old State Road about one-quarter mile south|of Mannsiding Road. After that, the damage became intermittent and|weaker with some pockets of 65-80 mph damage. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | $50,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down near Lake George and Arthur Avenues and around Lake George. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down across Lincoln township in Clare county. Six trees were blown down at the intersection of Cranberry Lake Road and Harding Avenue. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lake George | $10,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported by the public in Lake George. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | $4,000 | Two trees were blown down near Lake George in the area of Clarence Rd. and Bringold Ave. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | $2,500 | One tree reported downed near M-115 in southwest Clare County. Other trees were downed across county from this severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lake George | - | Three quarters inch hail was reported near Lake George. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | Several trees blown down in and near Clare. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Lake George | - | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by a trained spotter seven miles southwest of Harrison. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lake George | - | Half dollar sized hail reported. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629975. 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.