Stony Lake, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Benona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49455. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Town Corners quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bigsbie Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Bigsbie Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Stony Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 12 |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 16 |
| 6 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHELBY-BENONA FD 0000066 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 13 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stony Lake: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceana County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stony Lake in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Lake | $3,000 | The public reported that a healthy tree was uprooted and a fence was blown down and a camper top was blown 30 feet off of the camper. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Lake | $2,000 | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph that brought down tree limbs over Stony Lake road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Stony Lake | - | An isolated severe storm produced one inch diameter hail near Stony Lake. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Stony Lake | - | Hail up to one and three quarters inches in diameter was reported near Shelby. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Point Sable | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Shelby | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| New Era | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rothbury | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mears | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hart | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ferry | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| French Town | 14.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619165. 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.




