Walled Lake, Michigan
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Walled Lake City. It lies in ZIP code area 48390. The Survey maps it on the Walled Lake quadrangle. 7,250 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWalled Lake grew from 6,999 to 7,250 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,999 | |
| 2020 | 7,250 | +251 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Walled Lake quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Walled Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Walled Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Walled Lake quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Walled Lake between 1996 and 2020, burning about 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0004815 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALLED LAKE FD 0000573 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 192011 - 2019 |
| 31 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0005330 - 2019 |
| 30 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALLED LAKE FD 0000644 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WIXOM FD 0000653 - 2020 |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 191895 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0003788 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Walled Lake: 5 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Molesworth Oakland County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portable Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rose Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sleeth Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walled Lake in 18 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | $500,000 | Large oak trees reported down on residential homes. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Walled Lake | $500,000 | Lightning struck a condominium complex in West Bloomfield near Maple and Haggerty roads. All four units were deemed uninhabitable due to smoke and fire damage. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | $5,000 | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | Large tree branch and wires down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | Numerous tree limbs and a few large trees (mainly un-healthy) knocked down in woods behind residence's homes. Otherwise, sporadic light tree damage noted between 12 and 14 miles from Haggerty to Halsted, with isolated large limbs/trees down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | Multiple trees and power lines reported down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | A tree was reported blown over. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | Tree reported blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | A large tree was blown down, along with several tree limbs scattered about. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | Numerous large tree branches and a few small trees reported down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | A 10 inch diameter tree was reported down. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 MPH wind gust. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | A trained weather spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts between 60 and 75 mph. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | A trained spotter reported large tree limbs and trees blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walled Lake | - | Local media reported a tree blown onto a car. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Walled Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Walled Lake | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverine Lake | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Glengary | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Oakley Park | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Wixom | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Commerce | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Novi | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Westacres | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| North Farmington | 5.4 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Walled Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2847502 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615720. 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.








