Lovells, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lovells Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49738. The Survey maps it on the Lovells quadrangle.
On record in Lovells
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Douglas Houselisted 2001 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lovells quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Lovells quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Lovells between 1995 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 | Fireworks | 17 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRAWFORD 12 - HIGH BANKS TRAIL |
| 18 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOVELLS TOWNSHIP FD 0041850 - 2019 |
| 17 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRAWFORD 13 RANGE 44 FIRE |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRAWFORD 16 |
| 13 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOVELLS TOWNSHIP FD 0034779 - 2019 |
| 25 June 1995 | Natural | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000014 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lovells in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovells | $50,000 | Numerous trees were downed by strong thunderstorm winds over and around County Route 612. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovells | $6,000 | Several large trees were downed, blocking some roads in the Lovells area. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovells | $2,000 | Reports of trees down from MPING. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucks | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wildwood | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Babbits Resort | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| Five Corners | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Forbush Corner | 12.0 miles | 14 | |
| Louis Cabin Landing | 12.6 miles | 14 | |
| Frederic | 14.5 miles | 13 | |
| Eldorado | 15.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122562155 | 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 631144. 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.






