Freeland, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Tittabawassee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48623. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. 7,630 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresFreeland grew from 5,147 to 7,630 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,147 | |
| 2010 | 6,969 | +1,822 (+35%) |
| 2020 | 7,630 | +661 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Freeland between 2011 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 439 - 2018 |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 441 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 436 - 2020 |
| 12 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 358 - 2020 |
| 1 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 382 - 2018 |
| 26 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 372 - 2018 |
| 27 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS TOWNSHIP FD 322 - 2019 |
| 2 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TITTABAWASSEE TWP FD 258 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeland in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flood. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | $60,000 | A local newspaper reported numerous accounts of trees blown down across Thomas, James, and Saginaw Townships. Several homes were damaged along the Geddes and Thomas road areas. One home sustained significant damage and a destroyed garage. Another Thomas Township home's garage wall bowed out. A fallen tree also destroyed a parked vehicle in James Township. No injuries were reported. Total property damage was roughly estimated at $60K. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | $10,000 | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| March 2006 | Flood | Freeland | $7,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Flood | Freeland | - | Moderate flooding occurred along the Saginaw River, as the river crested at 18.69 feet on June 26th at 3 AM EDT. 36 homes were damaged, with 10 roads and bridges damaged or destroyed. Near record flooding occurred along the Tittabawassee River. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | Large tree limbs and a large tree were reported blown down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | A spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | Several trees were reported blown down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | A wind gust of 58 mph was measured at the Saginaw International Airport. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Freeland | - | Trained spotter also estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | Trees and power lines blew down and some property owners reported damage to their barns and homes. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | A spotter measured a wind gust to 66 mph. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Freeland | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | 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.
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 Freeland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2862998 | 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 626455. 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.
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.





