Boyne City, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Boyne City City. It lies in ZIP code area 49712. It stands on Boyne River. The Survey maps it on the Boyne City quadrangle. 3,816 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
On record in Boyne City
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 3 records
Boyne City Central Historic Districtlisted 2012
Boyne City Water Works Buildinglisted 1998
Wolverine Hotellisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresBoyne City grew from 3,735 to 3,816 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 | 3,735 | |
| 2020 | 3,816 | +81 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boyne City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Boyne City NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Boyne City quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Boyne City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 32 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 1808040 - 2018 |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLEVOIX 01 WILDERNESS |
| 13 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BOYNE CITY FD 0077446 - 2018 |
| 3 June 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLEVOIX 0002 |
| 18 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boyne City: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne City Prtlnd Cmnt Co Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyne City in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2005: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyne City | $2,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Boyne City | - | Numerous trees down, some onto structures and vehicles. Roof damage to several buildings. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyne City | - | 12 inch diameter trees down. Some garage roofs damaged. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyne City | - | Numerous three inch limbs down. |
| September 1996 | Hail | Boyne City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Wildwood | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Walloon Lake | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Horton Bay | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Boyne Falls | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Zenith Heights | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Clarion | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| East Jordan | 7.1 miles | 13 |
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 Boyne City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1957172 | 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 621826. 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.





