Twin Lakes, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Elm River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49965. The Survey maps it on the Donken quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Winona quadrangle1:62500, 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
- 1982 USGS Donken quadrangle1:25000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 1995 and 2010, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAINSTORM |
| 19 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLEAR LAKE FIRE |
| 28 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY LINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes: 10 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Hocking Constr Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Houghton Co Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Houghton Co Road Commission Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Winona Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Exploration | Copper | Prospect | 1853, 1866 | |
| Elm River Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1899, 1906 | |
| Erie-Ontario Mine | Copper | Prospect | 1854, 1907 | |
| King Philip Cu Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| King Philip Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Secondary Enrichment | |
| Shawmut Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Secondary Enrichment |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Lakes in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 3 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 2007 | Hail | Twin Lakes | $10,000 | Trees stripped of leaves with some vehicle damage. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twin Lakes | $3,000 | Several 100-foot tall trees knocked down. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twin Lakes | $2,000 | Fallen tree limbs knocked down power lines. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Twin Lakes | - | A spotter near Twin Lakes measured hailstones between one half to one inch in diameter. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Twin Lakes | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twin Lakes | - | A ten inch diameter tree was blown over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Roland | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wyandotte | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Winona | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Donken | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Stonington | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Toivola | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| White | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Nisula | 9.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615275. 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.






