Powers, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Spalding Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49874. It stands on Alder Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hermansville quadrangle. 381 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPowers fell from 422 to 381 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 | 422 | |
| 2020 | 381 | -41 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Powers quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Hermansville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Powers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING CREEK |
| 18 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPALDING TOWNSHIP FD 22 - 2020 |
| 5 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAVER DAM |
| 3 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 Powers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menominee County Piche Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powers in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Lightning | Powers | 1 hurt | A man was struck by lightning in Powers but was reported to be conscious and bleeding. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powers | $8,000 | The Menominee County Sheriff's Office reported numerous trees and power lines down across the northern portion of Menominee County. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Powers | - | Dime sized hail observed near Powers. Report was relayed via social media, and time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powers | - | Several 2 to 3 inch diameter trees were uprooted. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Powers | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powers | - | A few trees down over roads. Hail dented a few cars. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powers | - | Branches down on roads. |
| October 1996 | Hail | Powers | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding | 0.9 miles | 7 | |
| Hermansville | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wilson | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Nadeau | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Houle | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Carney | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Vega | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Indiantown | 8.0 miles | 7 |
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 Powers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2304625 | 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 635379. 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.





