Karlin, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49643. It lies near Twin Mountains. The Survey maps it on the Karlin quadrangle.
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 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Karlin quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Karlin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 18410 - 2018 |
| 31 July 2017 | Natural | 55 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENZIE 01 GRASS LAKE MARSH |
| 23 July 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INLAND TWP FD 85 - 2020 |
| 22 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMPSONVILLE VFD 1900034 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Karlin: 2 producers. 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 | ||
| Kidder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Karlin in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Karlin | $3,500 | Trees downed on Wilson Road near Davis Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavlovic Corner | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Interlochen | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Monroe Center | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wexford Corner | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hilltop | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Grawn | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hannah | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Chums Corners | 9.3 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 Karlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116245226 | 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 629463. 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.






