Snowflake, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Forest Home Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49615. It stands on Fisk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Snowflake within Antrim County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Boyne City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1983 USGS Scotts Lake quadrangle1:25000
1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Snowflake (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49 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 burning	16
Recreation and ceremony	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
9 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ANTRIM 03 - PINE PILE
16 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.3 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ANTRIM 01 - WOODCHIP FIRE
13 August 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 August 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ANTRIM 07
12 August 2006	Debris and open burning	1.3 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 July 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 July 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 July 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Antrim 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 Snowflake (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	William W Johnston Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Antrim 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
Central Lake	2.9 miles	12
Bellaire	3.9 miles	15
North Arms	4.1 miles	15
Pleasant Valley	5.0 miles	12
Creswell	5.7 miles	12
Clam River	6.1 miles	12
Torch Lake	6.7 miles	12
Finkton	6.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2463582. 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.