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Clare, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clare City. It lies in ZIP code area 48617. The Survey maps it on the Clare quadrangle. 3,254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.

Clare within Clare County

On record in Clare

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Clare between 1996 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2001Fireworks3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 June 2016Debris and open burning1.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2018Debris and open burning10 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISABELLA 03
7 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLARE FD 0000075 - 2018
5 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLARE 13
25 May 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 1996Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clare County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clare: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clare Prtlnd Cmnt Co Clay ProspectClayProspect
McKenna Clay PitClayPast Producer
Russell Clay PitClayPast Producer
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hubscher and Sons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Loomis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shively Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clare County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clare in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1998Tornado (F0)Clare$200,000Tornado continued into Clare County then lifted and moved ne
August 2024Thunderstorm WindClare$75,000A large tree fell on several parked cars.
June 2003HailClare$30,000A report of one inch diameter hail was received from Clare.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindClare$25,000A tree was blown down onto a house in Clare.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindClare$10,000A 60 mile per hour wind gust was reported and some trees were downed.
June 2006HailClare$5,000Three quarters inch hail was reported by amateur radio operators in Clare.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindClare$5,000Clare County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines downed in and around the city of Clare at 2:00 PM EDT.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindClare$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees up to one foot in diameter just east of U.S. 27, causing minimal structural damage to a mobile home.
July 2012HailClare-Three quarters inch hail was reported in Clare.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindClare-A tree was blown down and split a roof that it fell onto.
April 2002HailClare-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodClare-no account filed
May 1996HailClare-no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodClare-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clare County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Colonville3.7 miles11
Dover4.8 miles11
Farwell5.3 miles12
Hatton7.6 miles12
Phelps10.5 miles12
Lake12.7 miles12
Allendale12.8 miles11
Lake George13.7 miles12

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 ClareAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2265333The 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 623335. 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.