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Gladwin, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gladwin City. It lies in ZIP code area 48624. The Survey maps it on the Gladwin quadrangle. 3,069 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 784 feet above sea level.

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Gladwin within Gladwin County

Population over time

2 figures

Gladwin grew from 2,933 to 3,069 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
20102,933
20203,069+136 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Gladwin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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 burning25
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGLADWIN 06
18 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGLADWIN RURAL URBAN FD 0000136 - 2019
1 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGLADWIN 10
25 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGLADWIN 05
1 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGLADWIN RURAL URBAN FD 0000114 - 2019
12 June 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARRISON COMMUNITY FD 129 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gladwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gladwin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Korkoske Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gladwin County

Storms near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladwin in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 6 injuries. 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
July 1996LightningGladwin1 killed, 6 hurtno account filed
June 2001Tornado (F1)Gladwin$90,000Tornado damaged several buildings and numerous trees.
April 2014FloodGladwin$80,000The Cedar River rose out of its banks, flooding a few businesses in the city of Gladwin.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGladwin$35,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed. One home was damaged by a falling tree.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGladwin$30,000Several trees were downed. A couple of homes were damaged by falling trees.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGladwin$14,000Considerable wind damage in the Gladwin area, with numerous trees and power lines downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGladwin$14,000A number of trees were downed, and an old barn was heavily damaged.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGladwin$12,000Numerous trees and power lines downed, in particular on the north end of Gladwin.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindGladwin$12,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the Gladwin area.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindGladwin$10,000Numerous trees and power lines downed.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGladwin$8,500Several trees and power lines were downed in the Gladwin area. M-61 was temporarily closed at the west end of town due to fallen tree limbs. A street light was toppled in the city limits.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGladwin$8,000Trees, large limbs, and power lines were downed.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGladwin$8,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed between Gladwin and Beaverton.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGladwin$7,000Sporadic tree damage and powerlines down throughout the county. Time based on radar.
April 2020FloodGladwin$4,000The Cedar River rose out of its banks, producing minor flooding in Gladwin City Park.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGladwin$3,000Three large trees were blown down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGladwin$2,000Tree downed on M-18 north of Gladwin. Time estimated from radar.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGladwin$500Gladwin County Central Dispatch reported numerous trees blown down near Sugar Springs in Butman Township and in the Tittabawassee River State Forest in Clement Township.
July 2024HailGladwin-Report of one inch hail.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGladwin-Powerlines down in town of Gladwin. Tree down on M18 just south of town.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGladwin-Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in downed trees and powerlines in and around the city of Gladwin.
June 2006HailGladwin-An upper level disturbance ignited strong thunderstorms across much of Northern Michigan. Only one storm reached severe levels, dropping quarter sized hail in Gladwin County.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGladwin-A large tree was downed across M-18.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindGladwin-A few trees down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindGladwin-A strong cold front swept through northern Michigan on the evening of the 23rd. A few thunderstorms developed along the front, with one of the storms producing severe wind gusts.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindGladwin-4 trees down on M-30
May 2000Tornado (F0)Gladwin-A tornado briefly touched down in far northeast Gladwin County and crossed into Arenac County lifting near interstate 75.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGladwin-Several trees and power lines down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGladwin-Strong thunderstorm winds up to 70 mph toppled a tower and numerous trees of up to 18 - 20" in diameter.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGladwin-Strong straight-line thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and house.
May 1995HailGladwin-Dime-sized hail was reported by a spotter just north of Pratt Lake.
June 2021HailGladwin-no account filed
September 2021HailGladwin-no account filed
August 2011HailGladwin-no account filed
April 2011HailGladwin-no account filed
June 2008HailGladwin-no account filed
June 2008HailGladwin-no account filed
June 2003HailGladwin-no account filed
August 2000HailGladwin-no account filed
June 1999HailGladwin-no account filed
July 1999HailGladwin-no account filed
July 1999HailGladwin-no account filed
September 1998HailGladwin-no account filed
September 1998HailGladwin-no account filed
June 1998HailGladwin-no account filed
May 1997HailGladwin-no account filed
August 1996HailGladwin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gladwin 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
Wagarville3.6 miles9
McClure5.0 miles9
White Star6.4 miles10
Podunk6.5 miles9
Oberlin6.5 miles9
Beaverton6.8 miles10
Winegars6.9 miles10
Wooden Shoe Village6.9 miles10

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 GladwinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2092188The 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 626857. 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.