Au Gres, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Au Gres City. It lies in ZIP code area 48703. It stands on Baum Drain. The Survey maps it on the Au Gres quadrangle. 945 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 587 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAu Gres grew from 889 to 945 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 | 889 | |
| 2020 | 945 | +56 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Au Gres quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Au Gres between 1994 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 05 |
| 8 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 32 |
| 15 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1994 | Smoking | 65 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGRES-SIMS FD 0000012 - 2020 |
| 28 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 52 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Au Gres: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Lake Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Pt.Au Gres Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Arenac Co Pit # 1 Re Glancy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| C & D Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Omsted Building Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Van Dusen Stone Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Au Gres in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Au Gres | 1 hurt | The tornado touched down several miles south of Au Gres and then tracked northward into Au Gres where it dissipated. Three homes were destroyed and several others damaged to varying degrees. This was a strong F1 tornado. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Au Gres | $1,000 | Numerous reports of tree limbs downed around Au Gres. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Au Gres | - | Multiple reports of a funnel cloud near Au Gres. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Au Gres | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Au Gres | - | Trees down. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Au Gres | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Au Gres | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Au Gres | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Au Gres | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Au Gres | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Au Gres | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Au Gres | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Glenwood Beach | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Delano | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Birchwood Shores | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hammell Beach | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Twining | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Whitestone Point | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Turner | 8.1 miles | 10 |
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 Au Gres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q758378 | 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 620321. 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.



