BlockTwin Lakes, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49047. The Survey maps it on the Twin Lakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1927 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1931 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Twin Lakes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDIAN LAKE VFD 2018025 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WAYNE TOWNSHIP FD 2018052 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAWTON FD 0000039 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDIAN LAKE VFD 2020018 - 2020 |
| 24 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WAYNE TOWNSHIP FD 2018032 - 2018 |
| 22 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WAYNE TOWNSHIP FD 2018030 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Lakes in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twin Lakes | - | The public reported multiple trees down in the Twin Lakes area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Five Mile Corners | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dowagiac | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Volinia | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| La Grange | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Island | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sandy Beach | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Nicholsville | 7.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2109316. 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.