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Kawkawlin, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Monitor Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48631. It stands on Millpond Drain. The Survey maps it on the Kawkawlin quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.

Kawkawlin within Bay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

44 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Kawkawlin between 2010 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural10
Debris and open burning1

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
28 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBAY CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0003908 - 2018
13 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 920 - 2018
30 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 684 - 2020
30 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 688 - 2020
29 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 785 - 2019
25 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKAWKAWLIN TOWNSHIP FD 334 - 2019
11 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesAUBURN-WILLIAMS FD 387 - 2019
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBANGOR TOWNSHIP FD 1160 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kawkawlin: 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Central Coal Mine Shale ProspectClayProspect
Consolidated No 3 Shale ProspectClayProspect
Mich Coal&Mining Co Shale ProspectClayProspect
Winona Coal Co Shale ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

27 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kawkawlin in 27 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2014HailKawkawlin$2,000,000no account filed
July 2014HailKawkawlin$2,000,000no account filed
July 2014HailKawkawlin$1,500,000no account filed
July 2014HailKawkawlin$1,000,000no account filed
July 2014HailKawkawlin$1,000,000no account filed
July 2008Flash FloodKawkawlin$50,000Heavy rain of 4 to 5 inches during the afternoon hours caused flash flooding across Bay City. The Bay-Arenac ISD Service Center and Career Center was closed due to flooding. At least a foot of standing water accumulated on Wilder Road. Several residents across Bay City also reported flooded basements.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin$5,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin$3,000A couple of trees were reported down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-Multiple reports of trees and power lines down.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-Multiple tree limbs and power lines down across the county.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-Trees reported blown down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-Large tree limbs reported down.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-A large tree was reported blown down onto the road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-Tree limbs and wires reported down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-Trees were reported down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 MPH.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindKawkawlin-Numerous trees and power lines down. Part of the roof of the Fire Department was also blown off.
June 2015HailKawkawlin-no account filed
June 2015HailKawkawlin-no account filed
July 2014HailKawkawlin-no account filed
July 2014HailKawkawlin-no account filed
July 2014HailKawkawlin-no account filed
July 2014HailKawkawlin-no account filed
June 2004HailKawkawlin-no account filed
July 1999HailKawkawlin-no account filed
May 1999HailKawkawlin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Tobico Beach2.3 miles14
Little Killarney Beach2.6 miles14
Lagoon Beach2.9 miles14
Killarney Beach3.0 miles14
Donahue Beach3.4 miles14
Three Churches Corner3.6 miles11
Aplin Beach3.8 miles13
Brissette Beach4.0 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122540846The 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 629480. 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.