Newberry, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McMillan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49868. It stands on Brant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newberry quadrangle. 1,446 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
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On record in Newberry
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
Luce County Sheriff's House and Jaillisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresNewberry fell from 1,519 to 1,446 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 | 1,519 | |
| 2020 | 1,446 | -73 (-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.
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Newberry between 1992 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2001 | Fireworks | 3.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DUMP PILE |
| 3 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CORRAL FIRE |
| 21 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LUCE 0002 |
| 20 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAKI FIRE |
| 7 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Newberry: 3 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Luce County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vertz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newberry in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $10,000 | 12-14 trees up to twelve inches in diameter down across Highway M-123 between Newberry and Tahquamenon Falls. One tree fell on a house. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $4,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $1,000 | There was a Facebook report and picture of a tree down in front of a house near Newberry. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Newberry | - | There was a Facebook report and video showing falling hail two miles south of Newberry. Hailstones ranged from pea-sized to half dollar size. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Newberry | - | A few secondary roads were closed north of Newberry due to snowmelt runoff over the roads. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Newberry | - | Two-day rainfall totals exceeded two inches across much of Luce County. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Newberry | - | Half an inch to an inch and a quarter diameter sized hail covered the ground. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A few two-inch trees snapped and one to two inch branches down along County Road 500. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Trees one foot in diameter blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Six to eight-inch diameter tree down on County Road 460. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Tree down on home on County Road 458, one-half mile east of County Road 117. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Two large trees were knocked over along highway M-123. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Several travel trailers were damaged and numerous trees were blown down in Muskallonge State Park. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Newberry | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A 60 mph wind gust broke off a 16 inch diameter tree branch that fell on a motor home. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Tree branches 2 to 3 inches in diameter were broken off. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A tree was blown down on M-123. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | One to two inch diameter tree branches were broken off. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A grandstand, a section of fence and the roof of a greenhouse were damaged at the County Fairgrounds. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | 6 to 8 inch diameter trees down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Numerous trees down along CR-413. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Newberry | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Newberry | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Newberry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollarville | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Natalie | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Roberts Corner | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lencel | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Fourmile Corner | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| McPhees Landing | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Eightmile Corner | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| McLeods Corner | 8.5 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 Newberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2181248 | 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 633350. 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.





