Lawrence, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49064. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrence quadrangle. 964 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
On record in Lawrence
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 1 record
Marshall's Storelisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresLawrence fell from 996 to 964 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 | 996 | |
| 2020 | 964 | -32 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1927 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1931 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence between 2005 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 3 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000145 - 2019 |
| 30 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 415 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 334 - 2020 |
| 4 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES 19043 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 138 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KEELER TOWNSHIP FIRE RESCUE 56 - 2020 |
| 11 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 173 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lawrence: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J V Burkett Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plopper Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Van Buren County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawrence in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | $30,000 | Law enforcement in Lawrence reported that several trees were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | $15,000 | Van Buren County Central Dispatch reported a tree fell through a house trailer in Lawrence Township. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | $10,000 | Van Buren county dispatch reported that several trees and power lines were blown down across portions of the county. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees were blown down in Lawrence. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | $5,000 | Van Buren County Central Dispatch reported large tree limbs and power lines downed in Lawrence. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | $1,000 | One tree was blown down in Lawrence township. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | - | Widespread tree limbs with several trees blown down along an eight mile long and 5 mile wide path which includes the town of Lawrence. Utility lines were downed by falling trees in Lawrence. Tree damage extended southeast to Eagle Lake. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | - | Bloomingdale law enforcement reported trees and power lines were downed in Lawrence Township. A damage estimate was not available. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Lawrence | - | About a dozen trees were blown down by strong thunderstorms winds. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrence | - | About a dozen trees were blown down by strong thunderstorms winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildeys | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Teapot Dome | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Stoughton Corners | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hartford | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fritzburg | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| McDonald | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bangor | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Glendale | 7.7 miles | 13 |
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 Lawrence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2142951 | 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 630210. 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.




