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White Lake, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Lake Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48383. It lies near Dawsons Island. The Survey maps it on the Highland quadrangle.

White Lake within Oakland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of White Lake between 2018 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Debris and open burning1

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
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 798 - 2020
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0001444 - 2019
17 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 467 - 2018
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 326 - 2019
31 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19581 - 2019
28 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000430 - 2018
9 April 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000693 - 2019
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 19354 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of White Lake: 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Andersonville Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gale Road Plant No. 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Koenig Fuel and Supply Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Lake in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2021Tornado (EF1)White Lake$8,500,000A tornado touched down 1 mile NNE of White Lake just west of the intersection of Teggerdine Rd and Pontiac Lake Rd. The tornado began as an EF-0 in which several healthy trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado then tracked southeast toward a neighborhood at the intersection of Pontiac Lake Rd and Howland Blvd where it produced EF-1 damage, including shingle and roof damage, garage damage with one garage door completely blown off, and numerous healthy trees uprooted and snapped. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. A house was damaged when multiple pine trees fell onto it, resulting in one minor injury. The tornado then tracked to the northeast and crossed Pontiac Lake Rd before tracking across Pontiac Lake as an EF-0, in which it produced shingle damage and uprooted numerous trees in neighborhoods located on the peninsula north of Pontiac Lake Rd along Buckingham St and a second peninsula off of Gale Rd near Tackles Dr. The tornado then tracked northeast of the peninsulas and lifted while over the water on Pontiac Lake prior to reaching Gale Rd.
July 2014HailWhite Lake$2,000,000no account filed
September 2000Heavy RainWhite Lake$750,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake$250,000Multiple trees were blown down, with some siding off of home.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake$70,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake$10,000no account filed
June 2000LightningWhite Lake$8,000Lightning struck the National Weather Service office, damaging computers and other electronic equipment.
December 1998Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake$6,000no account filed
July 2006LightningWhite Lake$5,000Lightning struck a home and melted wires in the ceiling that started the insulation and wood on fire. The local fire chief estimated damages at $5K.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-Numerous large trees reported down, with one tree down on a house.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-A large tree was blown down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-Multiple large tree limbs down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-Large tree limbs blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-A 6 inch diameter tree snapped in half.
June 2013Flash FloodWhite Lake-Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flooding up to 4 feet deep, with several high water rescues needed from emergency personnel as cars stalled in the high water. Spotter reports indicate 2 to 4 inches of rain fell within a 2 to 3 hour window.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-A large tree was reported down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-Law enforcement reported a large tree limb down.
September 2005LightningWhite Lake-Lightning struck a mobile home in Cedarbrooke Estates Mobile Home Park, causing a fire.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-A 58 MPH thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the National Weather Service Office
July 1995HailWhite Lake-A ham radio operater reported golf ball-size hail.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-A National Weather Service employee reported 50 knot winds and large branches blown down.
July 2014HailWhite Lake-no account filed
July 2007HailWhite Lake-no account filed
April 2003HailWhite Lake-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWhite Lake-no account filed
July 2000HailWhite Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Seven Harbors1.7 miles18
East Highland2.7 miles18
Clyde3.5 miles18
Andersonville4.2 miles21
Davisburg4.2 miles17
Rose Center4.4 miles18
Highland5.0 miles18
Oxbow5.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616318. 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.