Mulliken, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Roxand Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48861. The Survey maps it on the Portland South quadrangle. 525 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMulliken fell from 553 to 525 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 | 553 | |
| 2020 | 525 | -28 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1945 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Portland South quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Mulliken between 2018 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORTLAND AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000038 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUNFIELD FD 2019079 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUNFIELD FD 2019106 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002169 - 2018 |
| 8 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002126 - 2020 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUNFIELD FD 2019069 - 2019 |
| 17 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUNFIELD FD 2018071 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mulliken: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pryor Brothers Pit | Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Grumfield Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ionia Co. Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulliken in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2007: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 | Mulliken | $50,000 | A barn was blown down by a severe thunderstorm wind gust near the intersection of Dow and St. Joe roads. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulliken | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Mulliken | $2,000 | A very brief tornado touchdown was reported in Mulliken, where a wooden swingset was displaced ten feet, the tops of two large pine trees were snapped off, and several five to six inch diameter limbs were blown down. The tornado was classified as a F0. |
| October 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Mulliken | - | An emergency manager reported a funnel cloud two miles east of Mulliken. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoytville | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sunfield | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Shaytown | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Needmore | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Little Venice | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Oneida Center | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Grand Ledge | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Gresham | 8.3 miles | 10 |
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 Mulliken | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2755005 | 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 633112. 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.





