BlockSix Lakes, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Belvidere Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48886. It stands on Townline Creek. The Survey maps it on the Six Lakes quadrangle. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Six Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Six Lakes between 2018 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 3 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 | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000020 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000018 - 2019 |
| 18 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000015 - 2019 |
| 29 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000013 - 2019 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000020 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKEVIEW DISTRICT FD 0000068 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000016 - 2018 |
| 21 April 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOME TOWNSHIP FD 0000017 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Six Lakes in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2010: 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Six Lakes | $5,000 | Trained spotters reported that numerous six inch diameter limbs were blown down on M-46. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Six Lakes | - | Amateur radio operators reported that several eight inch diameter trees were blown down in Six Lakes. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Six Lakes | - | Three quarters inch hail was reported near Six Lakes. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Six Lakes | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Six Lakes | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Six Lakes | - | 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.
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 Q136346937 | 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 638021. 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.