Clawson, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clawson City. It lies in ZIP code area 48017. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham quadrangle. 11,389 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresClawson fell from 11,825 to 11,389 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 | 11,825 | |
| 2020 | 11,389 | -436 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1908 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Clawson between 2018 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON HEIGHTS FD 3248 - 2018 |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON HEIGHTS FD 3451 - 2018 |
| 25 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERKLEY DPS 0010750 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON HEIGHTS FD 3094 - 2018 |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0009445 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON HEIGHTS FD 0002697 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0009894 - 2018 |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROYAL OAK FD 0003739 - 2019 |
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 Clawson: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmet Co--Madison Hgts, Mich. | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Daniels Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clawson in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | $5,000 | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | A large tree fell onto a home. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | Three AC rooftop units at a shopping mall center were blown over. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | A tree was reported blown down, along with power lines. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | Roofing material blown off a Michaels Craft store. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | Four inch diameter tree branch down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | Eight inch diameter tree snapped at base. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | A 1 foot diameter tree was snapped. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | Trees and large limbs reported down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clawson | - | Five inch diameter tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Clawson | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Clawson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Beaver | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Berkley | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Royal Oak | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Birmingham | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Huntington Woods | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Madison Heights | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Beverly Hills | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 4.3 miles | 21 |
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 Clawson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2470953 | 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 623389. 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.









