Wolverine, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Nunda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49799. It stands on West Branch Sturgeon River. The Survey maps it on the Wolverine quadrangle. 309 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWolverine grew from 244 to 309 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 | 244 | |
| 2020 | 309 | +65 (+27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Wolverine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Wolverine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Wolverine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000140 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000139 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 12 |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 09 - MILE MARKER 297 |
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 Wolverine: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rondo Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolverine in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Lightning | Wolverine | $75,000 | Lightning started a fire which destroyed a home. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | $24,000 | Trees were downed across multiple roads northeast of Wolverine and southeast of Indian River. Trees and power lines were also downed in Afton. |
| September 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Wolverine | $20,000 | A brief EF-0 tornado occurred in southern Cheboygan County. A number of trees were uprooted or snapped off. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | $500 | Several large tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Wolverine | - | A number of thunderstorms in northern Michigan produced hail on the 28th. Only one produced severe-criteria hail, with dime-sized hailstones reported near Wolverine. Some storms were prolific hail producers, even it they weren't severe. Pea sized hail accumulated one to two inches deep near Posen, and two to three inches deep along US-131 northeast of Alba. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | A few trees were uprooted. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | Several 8-10 inch diameter trees down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haakwood | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Haakwood (historical) | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rondo | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Trowbridge | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wildwood | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pittsburg Landing | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Afton | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kingsley Beach | 9.1 miles | 12 |
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 Wolverine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2345681 | 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 1616712. 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.




