Calumet, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Calumet Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49913. The Survey maps it on the Laurium quadrangle. 621 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.
On record in Calumet
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 5 records
Calumet and Hecla Industrial Districtlisted 1974
Calumet Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1974
Calumet Fire Stationlisted 1974
Calumet Theatrelisted 1971
Keweenaw National Historical Parklisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresCalumet fell from 726 to 621 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 | 726 | |
| 2020 | 621 | -105 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1946 USGS Laurium quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Laurium quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Laurium quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Calumet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE LINDEN FD 2019019 - 2019 |
| 7 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALUMET VILLAGE FD 0081219 - 2019 |
| 26 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HUBBELL VFD 0724191 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SLASHER |
| 5 June 1993 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Calumet: 49 past producers, 9 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Copper, Silver, Nickel, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haltunen Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Michigan Nickel Deposits | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | Sulfides | |
| Michigan Nickel Deposits | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Centennial No.2 | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1863, 1904 | |
| Wolverine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1882, 1898 | |
| Allouez Conglomerate No 1 & 2 | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1830 | |
| Centennial Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1869, 1920 | |
| Kearsarge Amygdaloid | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1887 | |
| Kearsarge Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Lode | |
| La Salle Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1910, 1920 |
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calumet in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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 2011 | Lightning | Calumet | $20,000 | Lightning struck and damaged the steeple tower of the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's located in Calumet Township on the early morning of the 11th. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | $5,000 | The 911 call center reported trees and power lines downed. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | $1,000 | There was a public report of a metal shed flipped over in Calumet by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | $1,000 | Approximately 2-foot diameter pine tree was uprooted in the backyard of a house on Rockland Street. The tree was lying in a north-northeast direction. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | $500 | There was a report via social media of a large tree down at Lake View Cemetery in Calumet. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Calumet | - | Reports relayed through social media from the public, trained spotters and media partners of penny to quarter sized hail in Calumet. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Calumet | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported in Calumet. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Calumet | - | An automated rain gauge in the Calumet area measured two inches of rain in less than 45 minutes. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Calumet | - | One-half to three-quarter inch diameter hail reported. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Calumet | - | Hail fell in the Calumet/Laurium area. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | - | Large tree downed on power line. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Calumet | - | Funnel cloud observed over Lake Superior near the Upper Entrance of Portage Canal. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | - | Several trees downed up to 12 inches in diameter. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Calumet | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Calumet | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Calumet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarack | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Laurium | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Swedetown | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Osceola | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Centennial Heights | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| West Tamarack | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Centennial | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeview | 2.1 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 Calumet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2645447 | 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 622468. 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.







