Austin, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Forsyth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49841. It stands on East Branch Escanaba River. The Survey maps it on the Gwinn quadrangle.
On record in Austin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gwinn Model Town Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1932 USGS Harvey SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Austin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AIRFIELD ROAD |
| 10 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STIENBERG SPITTERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Austin: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1907, 1942 | |
| Archibald Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1907, 1911 | |
| Austin Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1905, 1929 | |
| Austin Mines Numbers 1 and 2 | Iron | Past Producer | 1903, 1905 | |
| Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Francis | Iron | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Francis Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1893, 1939 | |
| Gardner-Mackinaw | Iron | Past Producer | 1911, 1919 | |
| Gardner-Mackinaw Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1919, 1941 | |
| Mackinaw-Gardner Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austin in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $20,000 | UPPCO outage map showed more than a thousand customers without power in the area west of Gwinn with most power outages concentrated around Shag Lake. This is a delayed report with time estimated from radar. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $5,000 | Multiple power outages were reported in the Forsyth and Richmond townships of Marquette County. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $3,000 | Numerous power outages reported in the Little Shag Lake area west of Gwinn. Additional multiple outages were also reported in Princeton and Forsyth Township. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $2,000 | Multiple power outages reported in and around Gwinn, Sawyer, Republic, Dead River Basin and near the Greenwood Reservoir. Report was from utility outage map and time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $2,000 | Trees observed down on roadway west of Gwinn. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $2,000 | Marquette County Dispatch reported a power line down across Highway M-35 between Chipmunk Field and the Cataract Basin Drive west of Princeton. The time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $1,000 | Local law enforcement reported power lines down three miles northwest of Gwinn. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | Numerous 3 to 4 inch diameter tree branches down. Time was estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwinn | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Princeton | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| New Swanzy | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Plains | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Swanzy | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| K I Sawyer | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Little Lake | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sands | 9.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620355. 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.







