Peacock, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Peacock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49644. The Survey maps it on the Peacock quadrangle.

Peacock within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1933 USGS Peacock SW quadrangle1:31680
1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1976 USGS Wellston SW quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Peacock quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Peacock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Power generation/transmission/distribution	9
Recreation and ceremony	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Fireworks	2

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
7 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Huron-Manistee National Forest	OLD BOTTLE
19 September 2013	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	PICKET FENCE
10 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	UTTER RD
1 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LAKE 04
25 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	CAN'T BELIEVE IT
7 July 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Huron-Manistee National Forest	BROOKS
2 July 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 July 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.5 acres	Huron-Manistee National Forest	EIGHT MILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Peacock: 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
	Lake Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peacock in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2008	Flash Flood	Peacock	$2,000,000	Damage resulting from flash flooding included a 30 foot wide by 10 foot deep sinkhole which developed near the 18 Mile bridge five miles west of Irons. Numerous roads were washed out and several mudslides were also reported. \|\|Rainfall totals across the areas hardest hit ranged from five to eleven inches, all of which fell in only a six to eight hour time period. Damage to public infrastructure was estimated at about two million dollars, mainly due to all of the road and bridge washouts. A presidential disaster declaration for flooding was also issued for Lake county.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Peacock	$20,000	Numerous power lines and trees were blown down in Peacock.

Every storm recorded in Lake 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Little Manistee	3.6 miles	14
Wolf Lake	3.8 miles	14
Sauble	5.9 miles	14
Irons	6.6 miles	15
Baldwin	10.2 miles	16
Luther	10.9 miles	14
Idlewild	11.9 miles	16
Marlborough	12.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621172. 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.