Lupton, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Rose Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48635. It stands on Vaughn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rose City quadrangle. 318 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLupton fell from 348 to 318 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 | 348 | |
| 2020 | 318 | -30 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Rose City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Lupton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 08 - POWERLINE FIRE |
| 1 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CHAINSAW |
| 6 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 03 - SCHMIDTT FIRE |
| 6 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MALTBY FIRE |
| 6 May 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BORDER |
| 5 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ALCAN |
| 5 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.9 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MALTBY |
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 Lupton: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald and Powell Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lupton in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 dust devil, 1 lightning. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 2014 | Lightning | Lupton | 6 hurt | A lightning strike injured six people at the Rifle River State Recreation Area. All were transported to a hospital in West Branch, where they were treated and released. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Lupton | $45,000 | An EF0 tornado developed over George Lake, and crossed Maple Avenue at the north end of the lake before dissipating. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph. Damage was done to docks, outbuildings, and the siding of a few homes. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lupton | $4,000 | Trees and powerlines down. Time estimated via radar. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lupton | $2,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lupton | $1,000 | Multiple large tree limbs were downed. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lupton | $1,000 | A single, large tree was uprooted. |
| April 2008 | Dust Devil | Lupton | $30 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lupton | - | Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in downed tree limbs and powerlines, resulting in several power outages in northeastern Ogemaw County. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lupton | - | Storm also dumped three inches of rain in forty minutes. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lupton | - | Wind gust estimated by a spotter. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lupton | - | 6 trees down in Rifle River Recreation Area. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Lupton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lupton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lupton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lupton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lupton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lupton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Lupton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lupton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Shores | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fayettes Corner | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rose City | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Camp Lu Lay Lea | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| South Branch | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Goodar | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Selkirk | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Campbells Corners | 10.3 miles | 11 |
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 Lupton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16302415 | 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 1620647. 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.




