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Scott Lake, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Stambaugh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49927. It stands on Iron River. The Survey maps it on the Gaastra quadrangle.

Scott Lake within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Scott Lake between 2002 and 2019, burning about 84 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEST IRON COUNTY FD 0022-19 - 2019
18 May 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestSCOUT
14 May 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAMARACK
22 April 2017Arson/incendiarism9.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATES TWP
22 April 2007Misuse of fire by a minor49 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestRENBERG ROAD
2 April 2010Debris and open burning1.1 acresChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestBUSTER
15 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.9 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTIMBROOK FARM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 232 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 232 workings within 5 miles of Scott Lake: 180 prospects, 48 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cannon MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Baker & Oliver Prospect B, F, 01IronProspect
Baker Exploration AIronProspect
Baker Exploration EIronProspect
Baker Exploration JIronProspect
Baker MineIronPast Producer1909, 1915
Baker MineIronPast Producer
Baker MineIronPast Producer1909
Baltic MineIronPast Producer1901, 1962

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott Lake in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Tornado (EF0)Scott Lake$70,000Tornado damage was confirmed by NWS storm survey team with numerous hardwood and softwood trees snapped off or uprooted on its path along and north of the Brule River in Iron County. Time of the damage was estimated from radar.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindScott Lake$3,000There were multiple trees downed with widespread tree debris at the George Young Golf Course several miles southeast of Iron River. These reports were a combination of public and broadcast media.
August 2013HailScott Lake-Some quarter-sized hail was reported with a lot of pea to dime-sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Iron 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gaastra2.9 miles12
Palatka3.2 miles12
Caspian4.1 miles14
Pentoga4.5 miles13
Bates Junction4.6 miles12
Stambaugh4.9 miles14
Hiawatha Location5.1 miles14
Rogers Location5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617840. 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.