BlockLaketon, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Columbus Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49853. It stands on Kings Creek. The Survey maps it on the McMillan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS McMillan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Laketon between 1992 and 2013, burning about 3 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHICKEN WIRE |
| 1 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laketon in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laketon | $500 | Luce County 911/Emergency Manager Facebook posts reported that the power was out on the northwest side of Big Manistique Lake. Two cell towers on the north side of the lake are also out. Time of the wind damage was estimated from radar. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Laketon | - | Nickle to quarter-sized hail was observed at the far west end of Big Manistique Lake just east of Germfask. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laketon | - | Seven to eight-inch diameter tree limbs down on Ten Curves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danaher | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| McMillan | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Carpenter Landing | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| McMillan Corner | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Helmer | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Marks | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Natalie | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Eightmile Corner | 9.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617670. 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.