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.
Population over time
2 figuresGladstone 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,973 | |
| 2020 | 5,257 | +284 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1932 USGS Gladstone SE quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gladstone quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Gladstone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | GARTH |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | EAST POINT |
| 4 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | STONINGTON |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PINE BLUFF |
| 24 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | TWIN SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Delta Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Bichler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Read 150-B | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City of Escanaba Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Delta Co Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gladstone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holmberg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jaeger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Payne & Dolan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $15,000 | There 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $3,000 | A 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $2,000 | A media partner reported trees down at the Michigan State Police parking lot in Gladstone. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $1,000 | Pictures relayed by local broadcast media of several medium to large tree branches down in Gladstone. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $1,000 | There 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 1996 | Hail | Gladstone | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $500 | The Delta County Sheriff reported one large tree down in the city of Gladstone. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $100 | A few tree branches were reported down. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Gladstone | - | One inch diameter hail fell in downtown Gladstone. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Dime-sized hail was observed in Gladstone. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Penny-sized hail was observed in Gladstone for about 5 minutes. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Gladstone | - | The observer near Gladstone measured one inch diameter hail. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Gladstone | - | Seven tenths of an inch of rain fell in just 15 minutes near Gladstone. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Large hail was reported on the north side of Gladstone. Most hail stones were dime to quarter sized. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Gladstone | - | Observers in Gladstone, Cornell and Bark River measured over an inch of rainfall during the event. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Penny to nickel-sized hail. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Nickel-sized hail combined with heavy rain and strong winds. |
| October 2005 | Heavy Rain | Gladstone | - | 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Six-inch thick branches were broken off and a flag was ripped off a flagpole. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Several large trees were knocked down. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Gladstone | - | One and three-quarter inch diameter hail was reported. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Three-quarter inch hail was reported. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Ping-pong ball sized hail covered the ground. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Three to four inch diameter trees were blown down across River Road. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Two 3 foot diameter white pine trees down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Winds gust to 58 mph. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flood | Gladstone | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Maywood | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| West Gladstone | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Chaison | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Bluff | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lambert | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Masonville | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Larch | 4.9 miles | 9 |
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 Gladstone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1912522 | 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 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.






