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Republic, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Republic Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49879. The Survey maps it on the Republic quadrangle. 470 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,522 feet above sea level.

Republic within Marquette County

On record in Republic

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

Population over time

3 figures

Republic grew from 276 to 470 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.

YearPeople Change
2000276
2010570+294 (+107%)
2020470-100 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Republic between 1999 and 2016, burning about 5,711 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
14 August 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use80 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCO RD 601
12 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5,625 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARQUETTE9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Republic: 11 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Feldspar. 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
Republic Feldspar QuarryFeldsparPast Producer
Chippewa Iron MineIronPast Producer
Columbia MineIronPast Producer1844, 1873, 1883
Columbia MineIronPast Producer1873
North RepublicIronProspect1888
North Republic MineIronPast ProducerSecondary Enrichment
Republic Iron MineIronPast Producer
Republic MineIronPast Producer1844, 1872
Republic MineIronProducer1846, 1872
Republic Pellet PlantIronPlant

Every working recorded in Marquette County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Republic in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 wildfire. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
May 1999WildfireRepublic4 hurt, $960,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Republic$150,000Thunderstorm straight-line winds caused significant damage along the south end of Helen Lake near Republic. The damage path associated with this storm was about one half mile long and roughly 200 yards wide. The winds were estimated to be around 80 mph, causing over 100 trees to be snapped or uprooted. Some of these trees actually landed on camps as well as other structures causing significant damage.
July 2012HailSouth Republic$100,000Golf ball to baseball sized hail caused extensive damage to siding on houses along and north of Evergreen Street between Pine and Willow Streets in South Republic. A car and carport were also damaged at a house on Pine Street. Two hours after the storm, quarter sized hail was piled up next to a house at the corner of Willow and Evergreen Streets.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSouth Republic$50,000A trained spotter reported numerous trees and a few power poles downed around South Republic. At least one tree fell on the roof of a house. The strong wind also tipped over a pull behind camper trailer and bent over a street sign. Hail of unknown size was also reported.
April 2022FloodRepublic$5,000WLUC-TV6 in Marquette reported that County Road 601 was closed until further notice due a culvert failure northeast of Republic on the 27th. The culvert failed due to a combination of snowmelt and heavy rain.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSouth Republic$5,000A spotter in South Republic reported numerous 8-12 inch diameter trees down near the Bengston Bridge on County Road LR.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRepublic$2,000Report via social media of several trees down and damage to an outbuilding on a horse ranch north of Republic.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRepublic$1,000A NWS employee reported a couple of trees down near Republic from thunderstorm winds.
July 2023HailRepublic-Facebook picture report of one inch diameter hail in Republic.
July 2023HailSouth Republic-A social media photo revealed hail slightly larger than quarter-sized was observed towards the end of County Road 581. The time of the report was estimated by radar.
June 2022HailRepublic-Facebook report of nickel-sized hail in South Republic.
June 2021HailSouth Republic-WJMN-TV broadcast media reported one-inch diameter hail along Highway M-95 south of Republic.
May 2018HailRepublic-The spotter in Republic reported hail up to one inch in diameter.
August 2011HailSouth Republic-Pea to penny-sized hail was also reported 3.5 miles south of Republic.
September 2008Thunderstorm WindSouth Republic-Two 4-5 inch diameter spruce trees were knocked down.
April 2008FloodRepublic-Minor flooding occurred along County Road LG during the spring snowmelt.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRepublic-Several four-inch diameter pine tree branches snapped a quarter mile north of town on County Road 601.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindRepublic-Seven-inch diameter tree blown down onto guardrail on Highway M-95.
May 2002HailSouth Republic-Nickel sized hail was reported.
July 2002HailRepublic-Two inch hail was reported.
July 2002HailRepublic-Penny sized hail was reported.
August 2002HailRepublic-Three quarter inch hail was reported.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindRepublic-Trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2002HailRepublic-Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindRepublic-A flagpole was bent when a large potted plant blew away.
May 1998HailRepublic-no account filed
March 1998HailRepublic-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marquette 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
Witbeck6.5 miles16
Humboldt Mine6.7 miles12
Wobic6.7 miles15
Beacon7.2 miles15
Champion7.4 miles15
Humboldt7.7 miles12
Clarksburg8.8 miles13
Martins Landing9.0 miles15

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 RepublicAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3220567The 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 635803. 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.