Three Lakes, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Spurr Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49861. It stands on Canal Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Three Lakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1956 USGS Michigamme quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Three Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Three Lakes between 1992 and 2012, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROOKED LAKE |
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS LAKE |
| 18 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Three Lakes: 20 past producers, 14 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mead Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mead Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Beaufort Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1905 | |
| Beaufort Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| C C I Exploration S50 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| C C I Exploration S53 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| C C I Prospect S59 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| C C I Prospect S89 | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Three Lakes in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 4 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Lakes | $100,000 | Trees uprooted - power lines down - some trees on houses. A resort at Lake Ruth suffered wind damage to its main lodge, three cabins, and two sheds. Six of its twelve 14 foot fishing boats were damaged beyond repair. Two houses on Lake George were seriously damaged by falling trees. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Three Lakes | - | Golfball sized hail was reported. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Lakes | - | Numerous 18 inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Three Lakes | - | Golfball sized hail was reported. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Lakes | - | Large tree down. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Three Lakes | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Three 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617894. 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.






