Lake Linden, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Schoolcraft Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49945. It stands on Trap Rock River. The Survey maps it on the Laurium quadrangle. 1,014 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake Linden
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 5 records
Big Traverse Bay Historic Districtlisted 1975
Joseph Bosch Buildinglisted 1982
First Congregational Churchlisted 1980
Lake Linden Historic Districtlisted 2009
Lake Linden Village Hall and Fire Stationlisted 1981
Population over time
2 figuresLake Linden grew from 1,007 to 1,014 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,007 | |
| 2020 | 1,014 | +7 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Laurium quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Laurium quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Laurium quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Lake Linden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE LINDEN FD 2019019 - 2019 |
| 10 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUD LAKE ROAD SWAMP |
| 7 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALUMET VILLAGE FD 0081219 - 2019 |
| 26 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HUBBELL VFD 0724191 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 1993 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Lake Linden: 22 past producers, 10 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Nickel, Copper, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial No.2 | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1863, 1904 | |
| Michigan Nickel Deposits | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | Sulfides | |
| Michigan Nickel Deposits | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Centennial Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1869, 1920 | |
| Kearsarge Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Lode | |
| La Salle Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1910, 1920 | |
| Mayflower Old Colony Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Lode | |
| Calumet No 2 | Copper | Past Producer | 1864, 1865 | |
| Calumet No.1 | Copper | Past Producer | 1864, 1865 | |
| Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate Lode | Copper | Past Producer | 1864, 1865, 1968 |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Linden in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Linden | $2,000 | The observer in Lake Linden reported a loss of power with trees fallen on power lines. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Linden | $1,000 | Law enforcement dispatch reported a power line down at the intersection of 9th Street and Calumet Street in Lake Linden. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Linden | $1,000 | Several trees and power lines downed. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Linden | - | Large limbs were reported down in the Hubbell/Lake Linden area along with minor street flooding. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Linden | - | Three inch diameter tree branches were broken off. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Linden | - | Winds damage with trees down along Post Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregoryville | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hubbell | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Laurium | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Osceola | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Quincy Mill | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Swedetown | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Calumet | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Centennial | 4.6 miles | 14 |
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 Linden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2229387 | The 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 630501. 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.







