Michigamme, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Michigamme Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49861. It lies near Sundstrum Island. The Survey maps it on the Michigamme quadrangle. 255 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,627 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresMichigamme fell from 287 to 255 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 287 | |
| 2010 | 271 | -16 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 255 | -16 (-6%) |
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.
- 1956 USGS Michigamme quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Michigamme quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Michigamme between 1992 and 2018, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS LAKE |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GIBSON LAKE FIRE |
| 10 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDIAN LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Michigamme: 21 past producers, 9 prospects, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula Graphite Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | 1987 | |
| Dishneau Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mead Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mead Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Beaufort Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882, 1905 | |
| Beaufort Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1882 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Michigamme in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Michigamme | $10,000 | The survey team observed several snapped or uprooted white pine trees over a foot in diameter just west-northwest of Republic. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Michigamme | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked large tree branches down in Michigamme. Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Michigamme | - | One inch diameter hail was reported near Michigamme. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Michigamme | - | Several trees down mainly south of Highway M-28. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Michigamme | - | One foot diameter pine tree snapped in half. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Michigamme | - | Large trees were blown down on Brooks Street. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Michigamme | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martins Landing | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Beacon | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Champion | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wobic | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Clowry | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Republic | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Humboldt Mine | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Humboldt | 12.1 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 Michigamme | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q603682 | 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 632193. 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.






