South Gull Lake, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49083. The Survey maps it on the Delton quadrangle. 1,179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSouth Gull Lake fell from 1,526 to 1,179 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,526 | |
| 2010 | 1,182 | -344 (-23%) |
| 2020 | 1,179 | -3 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Delton quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Delton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo 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 South Gull Lake between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 324 - 2019 |
| 18 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 278 - 2020 |
| 12 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GALESBURG-CHARLESTON FD 237 - 2020 |
| 9 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 183 - 2020 |
| 6 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 178 - 2020 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGUSTA-ROSS TWP FD 0000073 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HICKORY CORNERS FD 0000048 - 2019 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HICKORY CORNERS FD 0000069 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Gull Lake: 3 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Co Pit Bill Smith S & G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cole Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stoney Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Park | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Yorkville | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Gull Lake | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Highland Park | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Richland | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Howlandsburg | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Augusta | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Richland Junction | 5.4 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on South Gull Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2502167 | 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 1867323. 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.









