Luther, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Newkirk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49656. It stands on Lincoln Creek. The Survey maps it on the Luther quadrangle. 332 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLuther grew from 318 to 332 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 | 318 | |
| 2020 | 332 | +14 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1933 USGS Luther SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Luther quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Luther quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Luther between 1992 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE 0005 |
| 4 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE 04 |
| 10 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LUTHER FD DISTRICT #1 0020083 - 2020 |
| 4 July 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 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 Luther: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luther in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Hail | Luther | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luther | $4,000 | Law enforcement in Luther reported two trees were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Luther | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Luther | - | 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.
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 Luther | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2267409 | 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 1620648. 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.






