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Norway, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Norway City. It lies in ZIP code area 49870. The Survey maps it on the Norway quadrangle. 2,840 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.

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Norway within Dickinson County

Population over time

2 figures

Norway fell from 2,845 to 2,840 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,845
20202,840-5 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Norway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 413 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFINKLER FIRE
17 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2003Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 1997Debris and open burning1.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBREITUNG TOWNSHIP FD 2019-44 - 2019
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORWAY VFD 201957 - 2019
14 August 2008Fireworksunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVULCAN CITY FIRE
11 August 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Norway: 19 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Niagara Greenstone DepositStone, DimensionOccurrence
Vulcan Brick Co.Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Caspian Const Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morisini Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Niagara Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Niagara Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rudy Olson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Appleton Iron MineIronPast Producer
Aragon MineIronPast Producer1849, 1889, 1932

Every working recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this place

29 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norway in 29 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2016Flash FloodNorway$200,000The Dickinson County Emergency Manager reported two county roads completely cut in two from flooding, one of which was CR-581. Seven other county roads were partially washed out. The total damage estimate was near $200,000.
September 2014Flash FloodNorway$20,000Nearly two inches of rain in less than two hours caused flash flooding in Norway on the 4th. The Dickinson County emergency manager reported that two city blocks were flooded with at least two streets closed due to washouts across both lanes. Several businesses also reported flooded basements.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNorway$12,000The Norway Fire Chief reported that a tree fell on a vehicle on Saginaw Street causing severe damage to the roof.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNorway$5,000Several large oak trees were uprooted and yard furniture was overturned. Power outages and downed power lines were reported across the area as well.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindNorway$2,000Several large hardwood and softwood trees with diameters 8 inches or greater were snapped along Benton Lake Road in Norway Township.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNorway$2,000There was a delayed report of several large poplar trees down on old Highway 8 south of Norway.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNorway$2,000Four-inch diameter tree limbs along with other trees reported down just east of Norway. Minor damage to a shed was also reported.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNorway$500There was a delayed report of a 70-foot diseased pine tree that landed on a school fence in Norway. A small pine tree was uprooted at the observation site.
June 2017HailNorway-The trained spotter near Norway reported nickel sized hail.
May 2015HailNorway-The observer in Norway reported quarter-sized hail.
May 2015HailNorway-There was a report via social media of estimated two-inch diameter hail in Norway.
May 2015Heavy RainNorway-Rainfall of 2.60 inches was measured at the Michigan DNR field office in Norway. The combination of the heavy rain and large hail caused street flooding in the Norway and Iron Mountain areas.
October 2015HailNorway-Nickel sized hail was reported along with heavy rainfall. The time of the report was estimated from the radar. This same storm blew off a patio screen door at a home in Quinnesec.
December 2015Heavy RainNorway-Two-day rainfall totals exceeded two inches at several locations across the county with the heaviest amounts reported near Norway.
August 2014Heavy RainNorway-The observer at Norway measured 2.12 inches of rainfall in approximately 36 hours.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindNorway-Two to three trees downed.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindNorway-Five-inch diameter tree limb down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNorway-Large tree blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindNorway-Trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 2 between Norway and Waucedah.
May 2002Funnel CloudNorway-A funnel cloud was sighted.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNorway-One to two inch diameter tree branches were broken off.
September 2002Tornado (F0)Norway-This tornado touched down approximately 5 miles northeast of Norway, crossing the Norway Truck Trail Road before dissipating 1/4 mile east of the road crossing. Damage was limited to downed trees and broken branches.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindNorway-Trees down from wind and lightning.
August 2000Flash FloodNorway-A foot of water on Main Street. US-2 flooded from Norway to 1/2 mile west.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNorway-1 foot diameter tree down across Kimberly Road.
July 2010Funnel CloudNorway-no account filed
July 2006HailNorway-no account filed
July 1999HailNorway-no account filed
March 1998HailNorway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Vulcan2.2 miles10
Quinnesec4.7 miles11
Loretto4.7 miles10
White Birch Estates6.9 miles11
East Kingsford8.5 miles11
Waucedah8.6 miles9
Iron Mountain8.9 miles11
Kingsford8.9 miles11

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 NorwayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2480177The 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 633751. 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.