BlockClam River, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Forest Home Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49615. The Survey maps it on the Alden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Elk Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Alden quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Clam River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 4 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Clam River: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William W Johnston Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wilsons Farm Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clam River in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Clam River | - | An extremely photogenic tornadic waterspout developed over central Torch Lake and dissipated shortly after making landfall on the eastern shore of Torch Lake north of the mouth of the Clam River. Only minor tree damage was observed. Event was initially reported to NWS Gaylord by a storm chaser watching a Torch Lake area webcam; chaser reported seeing debris lofted in the air on the webcam footage as the waterspout made landfall. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Clam River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Arms | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bellaire | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Alden | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kewadin | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Snowflake (historical) | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Creswell | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Elk Rapids | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Central Lake | 8.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623330. 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.