Interlochen, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Green Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49643. The Survey maps it on the Lake Ann quadrangle. 694 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresInterlochen grew from 583 to 694 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 | 583 | |
| 2020 | 694 | +111 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Thompsonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Thompsonville NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lake Ann quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Interlochen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 18401 - 2018 |
| 30 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLAIR TOWNSHIP FD 0000213 - 2019 |
| 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 |
| 10 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 05 |
| 9 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INLAND TWP FD 116 - 2019 |
| 6 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Interlochen: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beeman Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Interlochen in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interlochen | $30,000 | Five trees and one power pole were snapped off. One tree was downed onto a home, and another onto a garage, damaging a boat inside the garage. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interlochen | $15,000 | Approximately 15-20 trees blown down or significantly damaged. Three falling trees damaged a house, garage, and shed. Utility lines and an underground gas line were also damaged. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interlochen | $8,000 | Falling tree destroyed camper. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interlochen | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interlochen | $5,000 | Trees were downed over Riley Road, blocking traffic until they were cleared. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interlochen | $5,000 | Trees were downed, some onto power lines. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interlochen | $3,000 | Power lines down on road. Time of damage estimated from radar. |
| September 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Interlochen | - | Video of a brief tornado touchdown in northwest Grand Traverse County north of Long Lake. No damage was reported. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Interlochen | - | Hail about the size of quarters reported on US 131 in Interlochen. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Interlochen | - | Hail partially covering US 131. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Interlochen | - | Images and video shared on social media of hail covering the ground and around Interlochen. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interlochen | - | Trees down |
| July 2014 | Hail | Interlochen | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Interlochen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grawn | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Monroe Center | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Karlin | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pavlovic Corner | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Chums Corners | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hilltop | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hannah | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Run | 8.5 miles | 14 |
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 Interlochen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6047142 | 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 629053. 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.






