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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.

Gwinn within Marquette County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

86 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 2007Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesAIRFIELD ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Archibald MineIronPast Producer1844, 1907, 1942
Archibald MineIronPast Producer1907, 1911
Austin MineIronPast Producer1844, 1905, 1929
Austin Mines Numbers 1 and 2IronPast Producer1903, 1905
Cleveland Cliffs Iron MineIronPast Producer
FrancisIronPast Producer1893
Francis MineIronPast Producer1844, 1893, 1939
Gardner-MackinawIronPast Producer1911, 1919
Gardner-Mackinaw MineIronPast Producer1844, 1919, 1941
Mackinaw-Gardner Iron MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marquette County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGwinn$3,000A social media report of a pavilion blown over and a large spruce tree snapped. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGwinn$3,000A report and photo from the Gwinn area of several trees and broken power down. The time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGwinn$3,000There was a social media report of multiple trees down along Pine Street in Gwinn. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGwinn$500There was a delayed report of a 12-inch diameter tree down in Gwinn.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGwinn-A pine tree about one foot in diameter was snapped at the base.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGwinn-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 2023HailGwinn-A NWS employee reported one inch diameter hail in Gwinn.
July 2023HailGwinn-There was a Facebook report of nickel-sized hail two miles east of Gwinn.
July 2023HailGwinn-There was a Twitter report of one inch diameter hail in Gwinn.
July 2023HailGwinn-There was a social media report of one inch diameter hail near Johnson Lake. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
April 2017HailGwinn-There was a public report of one inch diameter hail in Gwinn.
July 2004HailGwinn-One-inch diameter hail was reported.
July 2003HailGwinn-Nickel sized hail was reported.
July 2003HailGwinn-Nickel sized hail was reported.
August 2003HailGwinn-One and a quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
April 2002HailGwinn-Nickel sized hail was reported.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindGwinn-Three to four inch diameter tree branches were broken off.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGwinn-8 to 12 inch diameter trees down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGwinn-Four inch diameter trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGwinn-10 inch diameter trees down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGwinn-Trees down. Power out until morning in Little Lake and Shag Lake areas.
June 2000Tornado (F1)Gwinn-no account filed
May 1999WildfireGwinn-no account filed
July 1997HailGwinn-no account filed
September 1997HailGwinn-no account filed
July 1996HailGwinn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marquette 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
New Swanzy0.8 miles18
Austin0.9 miles18
Princeton1.9 miles18
Plains3.6 miles18
Swanzy3.8 miles14
K I Sawyer4.8 miles18
Little Lake5.3 miles14
Cedar Bank9.3 miles14

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.