Little Paw Paw Lake, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1970. It stands in Coloma Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49038. The Survey maps it on the Coloma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1927 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Coloma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Little Paw Paw Lake between 2017 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 142 - 2020 |
| 13 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERVLIET FD 322 - 2020 |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 419 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 100 - 2020 |
| 7 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 125 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 106 - 2019 |
| 22 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERVLIET FD 189 - 2019 |
| 12 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 109 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Little Paw Paw Lake: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrien Sand Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Garlanger Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nadeau Pit | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nadeau Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rose Pit | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Paw Paw Lake in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Paw Paw Lake | - | A trained spotter reported a tree limb down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Paw Paw Lake | - | Reports of many large trees down near Paw Paw Lake; roads are impassable. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Little Paw Paw 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paw Paw Lake | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Watervliet | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Coloma | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Michigan Beach | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Riverside | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bainbridge Center | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Twelve Corners | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Millburg | 7.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630720. 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.




