Twining, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mason Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48766. The Survey maps it on the Omer quadrangle. 130 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTwining fell from 181 to 130 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 | 181 | |
| 2020 | 130 | -51 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Omer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Twining between 1993 and 2020, burning about 644 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 05 |
| 16 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 0004 |
| 8 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 02 |
| 4 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 02 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Twining: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arenac Pit-Bessinger Co Rd Comm | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cook Brick Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Michigan Gypsum Pit and Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| M.J.Griffin Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Donnell Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twining in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twining | $18,000 | Many trees and power lines were downed in eastern Arenac County. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twining | $12,000 | A number of trees were downed, with some damage to agricultural outbuildings. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twining | $4,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twining | - | County dispatch reports numerous downed trees, limbs, and power lines with extensive power outages across the county as a result of damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twining | - | Strong thunderstorm winds toppled trees and utility poles across the city. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Twining | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Twining | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Twining | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Omer | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Santiago | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Maple Ridge | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Au Gres | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Knights Mill | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Arenac | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Delano | 9.7 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 Twining | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2350228 | 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 1615287. 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.



