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Charlevoix County, Michigan

43 topographic sheets cover 22 settlements here, and 17 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

17 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Michigan within the United States
Charlevoix County within Michigan

What the record shows

  • 271 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 17 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 13 buildings, 3 districts and 1 structure.
  • 4 of the 17 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 22 populated places in this county; 22 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

17

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Beaver Island Light Stationbuilding197878001495
Boyne City Central Historic Districtdistrict201212001071
Boyne City Water Works Buildingbuilding199898001060
Charlevoix Central Historic Districtdistrict2025100011634
Charlevoiz South Pierhead Lightstructure200505000346
Chicago and West Michigan Railroad Charlevoix Stationbuilding199595001393
East Jordan Lumber Company Store Buildingbuilding200808000586
Greensky Hill Missionbuilding197272000603
Horton Bary Schoolbuilding200100001603
Horton Bay General Storebuilding199191001411
Horton Bay House-Red Fox Innbuilding199595000372
Loeb Farms Barn Complexbuilding199595001392
Mormon Print Shopbuilding197171000386
John J. and Eva Reynier Porter Estatedistrict199898000269
Feodar Protar Cabinbuilding197272000604
Votruba Blockbuilding200808000585
Wolverine Hotelbuilding198686000261

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

78 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 78 of them, burning about 323 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 April 2003Debris and open burning83 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 1994Smoking28 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 March 2018Debris and open burning16 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLEVOIX 01 - MAGEE RD FIRE
4 April 2005Debris and open burning15 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2006Debris and open burning12 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2006Debris and open burning11 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2010Debris and open burning9.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLEVOIX 01

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2025

60 of 81 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 81 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $314,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind41
Hail34
Tornado4
Lightning1
Flash Flood1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHorton Bay$75,000A large and historic barn was severely damaged. Multiple trees were downed, one onto a home.
July 2016HailEast Jordan$45,000Some vehicles were damaged by very large hail.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCountywide$45,000A 64 mph gust was measured at the Charlevoix Airport. Numerous trees were downed in Hayes Township and Boyne City. Some the the worst damage was along the south shore of Lake Charlevoix, where docks, boats, and hoists were damaged. A vehicle was damaged when a tree limb fell on it. A seaplane was also blown onto shore and tipped over. Walloon Lake was hard hit as well, with several boats tipped over.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Jordan$40,000Large tree blown down onto home, and a roof blown off a campground building, amid other wind damage reports from the East Jordan area. Trained spotter reported a gust to 52 mph in the Boyne City area, and the AWOS sensor at the Boyne Falls airport reported a gust to 51mph at 21:34. Several power outages were noted in the East Jordan area during the evening and overnight, prior to icing-related outages.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Jordan$20,000Many trees and power lines were downed.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWalloon Lake$15,000Trees and power lines downed. Forty trees uprooted at Walloon Lake Country Club.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindCountywide$15,000Numerous trees and power lines down across mainland Charlevoix County.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindEast Jordan$15,000Barn roof blown off.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindBoyne Mtn Arpt$12,000Scattered trees and power lines downed from Boyne Falls to Coash Road in far southeast Charlevoix County. A few utility poles were snapped.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWalloon Lake$7,000Several large tree limbs were downed. One fell onto a vehicle.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSt James Beaver Arpt$5,000A few trees were downed on Beaver Island.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBirch Hills$5,000A couple of trees were downed. A pickup truck suffered minor damage from a fallen tree.
June 1955Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
April 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Jordan$2,000Several trees down with a wind speed of 57 mph measured by a personal weather station 13 feet above the ground.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBirch Hills$2,000Report of trees downed from MPING.
June 2012Flash FloodCharlevoix$2,000High water closed US-31 between Garfield and St Marys in the city of Charlevoix.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBoyne City$2,000A few trees were downed.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindSt James$2,000Power lines were knocked down by wind.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEast Jordan$1,000A large tree was blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix$1,000Power lines downed.
August 1989Tornado (F0)not stated$250no account filed
July 1977Tornado (F2)not stated$250no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix Arpt-Delayed report from mping.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindAdams-Measured gust at an automated observing station in Ironton.
June 2011HailEast Jordan-A small branch was also downed by wind.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindEast Jordan-A spotter measured a 63 mph wind gust.
October 2007HailCharlevoix-A spotter reported penny sized hail and 35 mph winds.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindEast Jordan-Several trees were downed.
July 2003HailEast Jordan-Numerous thunderstorms developed across northern Lower Michigan in the evening hours, but only one became severe, producing nickel-sized hail in East Jordan.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAdvance-Numerous trees down.
August 2002Tornado (F1)Boyne City-Numerous trees down, some onto structures and vehicles. Roof damage to several buildings.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBoyne City-12 inch diameter trees down. Some garage roofs damaged.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix-Numerous 12-15 inch trees down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBoyne City-Numerous three inch limbs down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix-Trees and power lines down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBoyne Falls-Trees and power lines down
September 1998Thunderstorm WindSt James-Numerous trees uprooted on southern portion of Beaver Island.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindBoyne Falls-Trees uprooted and/or snapped off across the city.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindEast Jordan-Numerous trees snapped off and/or uprooted around the intersection of M-66 and M-32. Many powerlines also down.
September 2017HailEast Jordan-no account filed
October 2016HailBoyne Mtn Arpt-no account filed
October 2016HailEast Jordan-no account filed
July 2014HailSt James Welke Arpt-no account filed
May 2013HailEast Jordan Arpt-no account filed
May 2012HailBoyne City Muni Arpt-no account filed
June 2011HailBirch Hills-no account filed
June 2011HailEast Jordan-no account filed
June 2011HailEast Jordan-no account filed
June 2011HailEast Jordan-no account filed
June 2011HailBirch Hills-no account filed
May 2011HailClarion-no account filed
May 2008HailBoyne Falls-no account filed
June 2008HailEast Jordan-no account filed
April 2008HailBoyne City Muni Arpt-no account filed
April 2008HailClarion-no account filed
March 2007HailEast Jordan-no account filed
August 2004HailBoyne Falls-no account filed
April 2002HailIronton-no account filed
August 2002HailEast Jordan-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix-no account filed

Mines and quarries

17 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 17 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 9 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Clay7
Sand and Gravel, Construction5
Stone, Crushed/Broken4
Limestone, General1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Medusa CementLimestone, GeneralProducer1968
Charlevoix PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
City Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Medusa Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northern Lime Company QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Calhoun County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hodgkiss & Duoma Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Manthei PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Norman Bartlett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Boyne City Prtlnd Cmnt Co Shale PitClayPast Producer
D'Oge Shale PitClayPast Producer
Newaygo Prtlnd Cmnt Co Shale PitClayPast Producer
Northern Brick Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Shale ProspectClayProspect

Every populated place in the county

22

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.