Vineyard Lake

History

The community of Vineyard Lake was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Vineyard Lake CDP has an area of , of which is land and (25.36%) is water. The community is in southeastern Jackson County, in the southeast corner of Columbia Township and the southwest corner of Norvell Township. It is bordered to the south by Cambridge Township in Lenawee County. The CDP surrounds Vineyard Lake, a natural water body along the River Raisin. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Sunset Beach and The Heights, each on the east side of the lake. State highway M-124 forms the northern border of the Vineyard Lake CDP; the highway leads west to Brooklyn and southeast to Hayes State Park at Wamplers Lake.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,147
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,014
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  7,752
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  7,028
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,012
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,826
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,654
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,574

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2026-05-04
  8 km N of Maybee, Michigan
• M 3 — 2026-04-26
  7 km SSE of Amherstburg, Canada
• M 2.5 — 2024-03-18
  4 km WSW of Millbury, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2023-05-20
  3 km SSE of Walbridge, Ohio
• M 3.2 — 2020-08-21
  2 km SSE of Detroit Beach, Michigan
• M 3.4 — 2018-04-20
  Michigan