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Gladstone, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gladstone City. It lies in ZIP code area 49837. It lies near Butlers Island. The Survey maps it on the Gladstone quadrangle. 5,257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.

Gladstone within Delta County

Population over time

2 figures

Gladstone grew from 4,973 to 5,257 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,973
20205,257+284 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Gladstone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning23
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
5 September 1998Other causesunder an acreHiawatha National ForestGARTH
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresHiawatha National ForestEAST POINT
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresHiawatha National ForestSTONINGTON
26 August 2020Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPINE BLUFF
24 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHiawatha National ForestTWIN SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gladstone: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Algonquin Delta Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Bichler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Read 150-BLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Escanaba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delta Co PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gladstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holmberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jaeger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Payne & Dolan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delta County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladstone in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGladstone$15,000There was a social media report of roll-out boat dock flipped and twisted. A boat was also damaged as it was lifted onto the underside of the twisted dock. The time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGladstone$3,000A media partner shared a report of huge trees down in a park, and trees laying across a road in Gladstone. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGladstone$2,000A media partner reported trees down at the Michigan State Police parking lot in Gladstone. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGladstone$1,000Pictures relayed by local broadcast media of several medium to large tree branches down in Gladstone.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGladstone$1,000There was a public report of a poplar tree snapped halfway up the tree on the bluff in Gladstone. Another tree was snapped near the base of the trunk.
July 1996HailGladstone$1,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGladstone$500The Delta County Sheriff reported one large tree down in the city of Gladstone.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGladstone$100A few tree branches were reported down.
May 2019HailGladstone-One inch diameter hail fell in downtown Gladstone.
June 2018HailGladstone-Dime-sized hail was observed in Gladstone.
June 2016HailGladstone-Penny-sized hail was observed in Gladstone for about 5 minutes.
July 2012HailGladstone-The observer near Gladstone measured one inch diameter hail.
July 2012Heavy RainGladstone-Seven tenths of an inch of rain fell in just 15 minutes near Gladstone.
June 2012HailGladstone-Large hail was reported on the north side of Gladstone. Most hail stones were dime to quarter sized.
July 2012Heavy RainGladstone-Observers in Gladstone, Cornell and Bark River measured over an inch of rainfall during the event.
July 2007HailGladstone-Penny to nickel-sized hail.
July 2007HailGladstone-Nickel-sized hail combined with heavy rain and strong winds.
October 2005Heavy RainGladstone-Two to three inches of rain caused a pump to fail and flood the M-35 viaduct with up to two feet of water.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindGladstone-Six-inch thick branches were broken off and a flag was ripped off a flagpole.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindGladstone-Several large trees were knocked down.
August 2003HailGladstone-One and three-quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
May 2002HailGladstone-Three-quarter inch hail was reported.
May 2002HailGladstone-Ping-pong ball sized hail covered the ground.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGladstone-Three to four inch diameter trees were blown down across River Road.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGladstone-Two 3 foot diameter white pine trees down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGladstone-Winds gust to 58 mph.
July 2007HailGladstone-no account filed
March 2000HailGladstone-no account filed
July 1996HailGladstone-no account filed
July 1996FloodGladstone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delta 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
Kipling1.5 miles9
Maywood2.2 miles9
West Gladstone2.3 miles9
Chaison2.8 miles9
Lake Bluff3.4 miles9
Lambert4.0 miles9
Masonville4.5 miles10
Larch4.9 miles9

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 GladstoneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1912522The 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 1620021. 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.