Grawn, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Blair Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49637. The Survey maps it on the Grawn quadrangle. 816 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGrawn grew from 772 to 816 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 | 772 | |
| 2020 | 816 | +44 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Kingsley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grawn quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Grawn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 04 - LOST LAKE |
| 30 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLAIR TOWNSHIP FD 0000213 - 2019 |
| 18 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 06 |
| 16 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 18410 - 2018 |
| 11 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 04 LOCKMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Grawn: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Beeman Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grawn in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grawn | $5,200,000 | Considerable wind damage occurred in central Grand Traverse County, including near and just south of Traverse City. Many trees were downed, causing damage to vehicles and homes. Some roads were difficult to travel for a day or two after the storm. |
| October 2012 | Flash Flood | Grawn | $1,800,000 | A temporary dam and de-watering structure was in place alongside the Brown Bridge Dam on the Boardman River. This temporary dam was to assist in drawing down the small lake (Brown Bridge Pond) behind the dam, prior to the permanent removal of Brown Bridge Dam. This temporary dam failed on the morning of the 6th, and by late afternoon, most of the remaining water in Brown Bridge Pond had been released downstream. Within an hour, road closings occurred along Garfield and River Roads, and homes were evacuated along the river between Garfield and Keystone Roads. Eventually, 53 homes were impacted, with varying degrees of damage. Docks, small footbridges, and a number of smaller outbuildings were destroyed. Environmental damage, related to sediment deposition and fish kills, was possible but still being evaluated. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Grawn | $75,000 | The Boardman River flooded a few homes near Boardman Plains Road. In addition, Townline Road south of South Airport was closed by floodwaters. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grawn | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed along Beitner Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grawn | $4,500 | One large tree was downed, blocking Hoch Road west of Rusch Road. Another tree was downed on Prouty Road near Five Mile Road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Grawn | $1,000 | Trained spotter reports quarter sized hail and vehicle damage one mile north of Chums Corner in Grand Traverse county. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grawn | $1,000 | Grand Traverse county central dispatch reports a tree downed on a house near fire station 12 at Silver Lake. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Grawn | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Grawn | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Grawn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chums Corners | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Monroe Center | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hilltop | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Interlochen | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Brookside | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hannah | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pavlovic Corner | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Karlin | 7.5 miles | 15 |
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 Grawn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q26961757 | 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 627256. 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.





