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Sugar Loaf, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marquette Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49855. It lies near Sugarloaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Marquette quadrangle.

Sugar Loaf within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Loaf between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural7
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARQUETTE TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0000338 - 2019
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSURVIVOR MAN
3 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOLD BEAGLE CLUB
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWETMORE POND WEST
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBISMARK CREEK
31 August 2003Natural3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Loaf: 8 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Nickel. 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
Unnamed Copper&Lead&Zinc ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed Copper&Nickel&Lead ProspectCopper, Lead, NickelOccurrence
City of Marquette PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Marquette PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Herman Gunlach CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Copper DepositGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marquette County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar Loaf in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 4 hail, 1 flood. 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
April 2026FloodSugar Loaf$638,000Emergency management reported multiple rivers and low lying areas were inundated by the combination of rain and snowmelt. In Gwinn, multiple roadways were inaccessible due to flooding on the Escanaba River by the 18th. Division Street in Negaunee was closed daily from the 13th onwards. Harlow Lake Rd (County Road HD) was closed at County Road 550 on the 17th. Flooding at Pelissier Lake in Sands Township resulted in 1 evacuation with well water being unsafe due to the high water table making septic systems inoperable. Ely, Humboldt, Champion, and Republic townships experienced water over multiple roadways, including the road at Steel Bridge Rd (Ely Township, County Road CG) on the 18th. The Chocolay River Fishing pier was underwater by the 19th. The Iron Ore Heritage Trail west of Wawanowin Rd to the city of Republic had flowing water on the trail by the 21st. 10 properties along the Michigamme River were inaccessible on the 23rd. Jasper Street in Ishpeming had a sinkhole that was filled on the 23rd. Due to the severity of the flooding, a Disaster Declaration Request was approved by the president on June 30th.
June 2012HailSugar Loaf$500,000Golf ball sized hail busted out windows and damaged roofs in homes on the north side of Marquette. The hail also dented vehicles.
July 2023HailSugar Loaf-A NWS employee reported penny sized hail just north of Marquette.
June 2016HailSugar Loaf-There was a delayed report via social media of penny-sized hail near Hogback Mountain. The hail was accompanied by torrential rain.
June 2012HailSugar Loaf-Quarter-sized hail was reported at a convenience store northwest of Marquette.

Every storm recorded in Marquette 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
Forestville0.8 miles18
Wetmore Landing2.2 miles18
Trowbridge Park2.3 miles18
Freeman Landing2.3 miles18
Brookton Corners2.8 miles18
Marquette4.1 miles18
Pioneer Estates4.7 miles18
Eagle Mills7.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617877. 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.