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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1909 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Highland quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2018Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 798 - 2020 |
| 23 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0001444 - 2019 |
| 17 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 467 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 326 - 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19581 - 2019 |
| 28 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000430 - 2018 |
| 9 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000693 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 19354 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gale Road Plant No. 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Koenig Fuel and Supply Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Shore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | White Lake | $8,500,000 | A 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 2014 | Hail | White Lake | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Heavy Rain | White Lake | $750,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | $250,000 | Multiple trees were blown down, with some siding off of home. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | $70,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Lightning | White Lake | $8,000 | Lightning struck the National Weather Service office, damaging computers and other electronic equipment. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Lightning | White Lake | $5,000 | Lightning 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | Numerous large trees reported down, with one tree down on a house. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | Multiple large tree limbs down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | A 6 inch diameter tree snapped in half. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | White 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | A large tree was reported down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | Law enforcement reported a large tree limb down. |
| September 2005 | Lightning | White Lake | - | Lightning struck a mobile home in Cedarbrooke Estates Mobile Home Park, causing a fire. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | A 58 MPH thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the National Weather Service Office |
| July 1995 | Hail | White Lake | - | A ham radio operater reported golf ball-size hail. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | A National Weather Service employee reported 50 knot winds and large branches blown down. |
| July 2014 | Hail | White Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | White Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | White Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Harbors | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| East Highland | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Clyde | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Andersonville | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Davisburg | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rose Center | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Highland | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Oxbow | 5.6 miles | 21 |
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.








