Auburn, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Auburn City. It lies in ZIP code area 48611. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. 2,068 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAuburn fell from 2,087 to 2,068 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 | 2,087 | |
| 2020 | 2,068 | -19 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Auburn city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Biographical
Worthy Perry was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1838. Remained at birth-place until 1862, when he enhsted in the Union army. Company I, 105th Ohio Infantry, and served to the close of the war. Was in various engagements with the enemy, including the battle of Perry ville, Ky., in which he received 'a gun-shot wound, which disabled him for about two months in hospital; then returned to his regiment, and, unlike many others, has never applied for a pension, to help swell the milhons for the people to pay.
In the county-history sources
10,538 words on this townshipHistory of Bay County, Michigan with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Auburn City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
is situated on the Midland road, one mile from the east hne of the township. There is one store, belonging to Mr. Ira E. Swart, a postoffice, two churches, Methodist and Cathohc, the Auburn House, a good brick hotel owned by W. P, Root, and some other buildings. There are two physicians located here. Auburn Lodge of Good Templars, No. 312, was organized February 6, 1880, with eighteen members. It now has thirty-five members, among whom are some of the best citizens of the place. The organization is in a flourishing condition.
Passage source: History of Bay County, Michigan with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1883.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
9 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Auburn between 2019 and 2020, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 673 - 2020 |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUBURN-WILLIAMS FD 387 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUBURN-WILLIAMS FD 330 - 2019 |
| 17 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 432 - 2019 |
| 29 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 285 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUBURN-WILLIAMS FD 143 - 2019 |
| 2 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 210 - 2019 |
| 16 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKENLUST FD 282 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Auburn: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated No 3 Shale Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Gage Shale&Clay Prospect | Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburn in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Auburn | $10,000 | A weak tornado touched down near 11 mile and Salzburg Road, tracking east-northeast. The tornado lifted near 8 mile. Trees and power lines were blown down. A camper was also overturned. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | $750 | Trained spotter reported that several 2 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down near Auburn by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Large tree uprooted. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which took down powerlines. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Barns were destroyed in Frankenlust Township. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Local law enforcement reported power lines and a tree down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Numerous trees and tree limbs blown down. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Auburn | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Auburn | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Auburn | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Auburn | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisherville | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| North Williams | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Willard | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Three Churches Corner | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Seidlers | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Loehme | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Beaver | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kawkawlin | 7.5 miles | 14 |
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 Auburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2630853 | 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 620334. 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.





