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.
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
Clare Congregational Churchlisted 1994
Clare Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2016
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Clare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Clare quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1996Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2001 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 03 |
| 7 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE FD 0000075 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE 13 |
| 25 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Prtlnd Cmnt Co Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| McKenna Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Russell Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hubscher and Sons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Loomis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shively Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Clare | $200,000 | Tornado continued into Clare County then lifted and moved ne |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $75,000 | A large tree fell on several parked cars. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Clare | $30,000 | A report of one inch diameter hail was received from Clare. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $25,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house in Clare. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $10,000 | A 60 mile per hour wind gust was reported and some trees were downed. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Clare | $5,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported by amateur radio operators in Clare. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $5,000 | Clare County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines downed in and around the city of Clare at 2:00 PM EDT. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | $5,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2012 | Hail | Clare | - | Three quarters inch hail was reported in Clare. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clare | - | A tree was blown down and split a roof that it fell onto. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Clare | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Clare | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Clare | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Clare | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonville | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dover | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Farwell | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hatton | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Phelps | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lake | 12.7 miles | 12 | |
| Allendale | 12.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lake George | 13.7 miles | 12 |
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 Clare | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2265333 | 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 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.






