Long Lake, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Plainfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48739. The Survey maps it on the Hale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Hale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Long Lake between 1993 and 2020, burning about 339 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GOLDEN |
| 5 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BRANCH |
| 22 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | OHV |
| 20 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | PICK SITE |
| 18 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | PIT |
| 12 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GOING TO HALE |
| 10 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GRACEFUL |
| 8 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LIBERTY ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Long Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burge Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Lake in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2013: 3 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jackpines | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hale | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sand Lake | 12.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hemlock | 13.2 miles | 14 | |
| Whittemore | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sid Town | 14.3 miles | 14 | |
| National City | 15.0 miles | 11 | |
| White Rock | 15.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620611. 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.



