Gwinn, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Forsyth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49841. It stands on East Branch Escanaba River. The Survey maps it on the Gwinn quadrangle.
On record in Gwinn
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gwinn Model Town Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Harvey SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Gwinn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AIRFIELD ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Gwinn: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1907, 1942 | |
| Archibald Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1907, 1911 | |
| Austin Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1905, 1929 | |
| Austin Mines Numbers 1 and 2 | Iron | Past Producer | 1903, 1905 | |
| Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Francis | Iron | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Francis Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1893, 1939 | |
| Gardner-Mackinaw | Iron | Past Producer | 1911, 1919 | |
| Gardner-Mackinaw Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1844, 1919, 1941 | |
| Mackinaw-Gardner Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gwinn in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | $3,000 | A social media report of a pavilion blown over and a large spruce tree snapped. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | $3,000 | A report and photo from the Gwinn area of several trees and broken power down. The time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | $3,000 | There was a social media report of multiple trees down along Pine Street in Gwinn. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | $500 | There was a delayed report of a 12-inch diameter tree down in Gwinn. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | - | A pine tree about one foot in diameter was snapped at the base. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | - | NWS employee took a picture of a large branch broken off of neighbor's tree. Branch diameter was 9 to 12 inches in diameter and was alive. Time of the damage was estimated from radar. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gwinn | - | A NWS employee reported one inch diameter hail in Gwinn. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gwinn | - | There was a Facebook report of nickel-sized hail two miles east of Gwinn. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gwinn | - | There was a Twitter report of one inch diameter hail in Gwinn. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gwinn | - | There was a social media report of one inch diameter hail near Johnson Lake. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gwinn | - | There was a public report of one inch diameter hail in Gwinn. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Gwinn | - | One-inch diameter hail was reported. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Gwinn | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Gwinn | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Gwinn | - | One and a quarter inch diameter hail was reported. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Gwinn | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | - | Three to four inch diameter tree branches were broken off. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | - | 8 to 12 inch diameter trees down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | - | Four inch diameter trees down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | - | 10 inch diameter trees down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gwinn | - | Trees down. Power out until morning in Little Lake and Shag Lake areas. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Gwinn | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Wildfire | Gwinn | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Gwinn | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Gwinn | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Gwinn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Swanzy | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Austin | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Princeton | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Plains | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Swanzy | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| K I Sawyer | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Little Lake | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Bank | 9.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627559. 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.







