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Lakewood, Michigan

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Alpena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49707. The Survey maps it on the Long Lake East quadrangle.

Lakewood within Alpena County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 August 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 20N0695 - 2020
20 July 2015Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 21 - DEER BLIND BANDIT
23 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 19N624A - 2019
8 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 018N499 - 2018
6 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 06
31 May 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alpena County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Bell Clay Shale PitClayProspect
Great Lakes Stone and Lime Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rockport QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1915
Alpena Aggregate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Copping Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dubey M.C. Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Alpena County

Storms near this place

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakewood in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2010: 2 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
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLakewood$35,000Several large trees uprooted near the south end of Long Lake. A shed was crushed by a falling tree, and some homes were damaged by trees and other debris. In Alpena, part of a large tent erected for a local festival was brought down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLakewood$4,000Four to five trees were downed at US-23 and Bloom Road.

Every storm recorded in Alpena 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
Ashland1.2 miles7
Rockport2.7 miles7
Cathro6.8 miles7
Bolton8.3 miles7
Alpena8.9 miles8
Alpena Junction9.2 miles8
Paxton13.4 miles8
McHarg14.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630072. 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.