Little Lake, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Forsyth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49833. The Survey maps it on the Little Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1932 USGS Harvey SE quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Little Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Little Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SKANDIA-WEST BRANCH FD 0000024 - 2019 |
| 29 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPORLEY TRAIL |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Little Lake: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1907, 1942 | |
| Archibald Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1907, 1911 | |
| Francis | Iron | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Francis Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1893, 1939 | |
| Gardner-Mackinaw | Iron | Past Producer | 1911, 1919 | |
| Gardner-Mackinaw Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1919, 1941 | |
| Mackinaw-Gardner Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Lake in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Lake | $2,000 | A large jack pine tree greater than 12 inches in diameter took down power lines on East Ski Hill Road in Little Lake. A large aspen tree was also downed in the vicinity. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Lake | $1,000 | A tree fell onto a power line. Time is estimated from radar. |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Little Lake | - | Thunderstorms dumped heavy rainfall in excess of 2 inches during a one to two time frame as reported by spotters. The rainfall caused ponding of water in streets in Carlshend and minor basement flooding. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Little Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Wildfire | Little Lake | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanzy | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| K I Sawyer | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cedar Bank | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Plains | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| New Swanzy | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Gwinn | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Helena | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Austin | 6.1 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q136352975 | 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 630669. 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.







