Tawas City, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Tawas City City. It lies in ZIP code area 48763. It stands on Dead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tawas City quadrangle. 1,834 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresTawas City grew from 1,827 to 1,834 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 | 1,827 | |
| 2020 | 1,834 | +7 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Tawas City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WILLIMENT |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAWAS CITY FD 0000081 - 2019 |
| 11 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BISCHOFF |
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MEADOWS |
| 31 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | INEZ |
| 24 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SPARTON |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | REDBIRD |
| 2 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MARGO |
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 Tawas City: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tawas City Eastern Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tawas City in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Lightning | Tawas City | 2 hurt | Two canoers, one male and one female, were struck by lightning while taking shelter under a tree during a thunderstorm. The woman was knocked unconscious, and both suffered significant burns. They were transported to a burn center in Flint to recover. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | $20,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed. Camper trailer flipped over. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | $12,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed in and west of Tawas City. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | $6,000 | Several trees were uprooted along River Street in Tawas City. |
| April 2011 | Lightning | Tawas City | $5,000 | Lightning struck a pine tree, which toppled onto a home, and catching the home on fire. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | $3,000 | Some tree limbs and numerous power lines were downed. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | $2,000 | County dispatch reports trees down in Tawas. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | $1,000 | County dispatch reported powerlines down in Tawas. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Tawas City | - | Thunderstorms affected Central Lower Michigan, just ahead of a cold front. Some of the storms produced small hail, and one produced hail as large as pennies near the intersection of M-65 and M-55 in Iosco County. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | - | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | - | Trees down. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | - | A spotter reported several trees uprooted due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tawas City | - | The Coast guard reported trees uprooted in Baldwin township on Baldwin resort road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tawas City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tawas City | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Tawas City | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Tawas City | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Tawas City | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Tawas City | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Tawas City | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Tawas City | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Tawas City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tawas | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Clark Bayshore | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Anderson Bayview | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Huron Beach | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Alabaster Junction | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Huron Oaks | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hyde Park | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Wood Shores | 4.5 miles | 11 |
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 Tawas City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q731226 | 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 1614605. 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.




