Indian River, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tuscarora Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49749. It stands on Sturgeon River. The Survey maps it on the Indian River quadrangle. 1,950 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresIndian River fell from 1,959 to 1,950 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 | 1,959 | |
| 2020 | 1,950 | -9 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Wolverine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Indian River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Indian River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 08 - BIG SKY FIRE |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000115 - 2019 |
| 18 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NO ENGINE BOSS FIRE |
| 1 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian River in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Lightning | Indian River | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian River | $25,000 | Numerous trees were downed. Some vehicles and homes were damaged by falling trees. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian River | $22,000 | A second severe thunderstorm laid down a swath of downed trees and power lines from Indian River to Afton. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian River | $2,500 | Tree downed onto utility lines. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian River | $1,500 | Several large tree limbs were downed at the Indian River Golf Club. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Indian River | $1,000 | Broadcast media shared a photo of street flooding in Indian River. Water was up to the bottom of the body on a Volkswagen sedan. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Indian River | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated between 35 and 45 mph. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian River | - | Several trees blown down. Two docks blown onto the shore of Burt Lake. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian River | - | Strong winds downed several trees. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian River | - | Several trees toppled along Wildwood road. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Indian River | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Indian River | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Indian River | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Indian River | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Indian River | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg Landing | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chippewa Beach | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kingsley Beach | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wauban Beach | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Grand View Beach | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cold Springs | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Miami Beach | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Springwell Heights | 4.4 miles | 12 |
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 Indian River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3052790 | 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 629015. 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.
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.




