Iron County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Caspian and their reported violations in the past:
CASPIAN (Population served: 997, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-01-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-01-2002), St Compliance achieved (OCT-08-2002)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (JUN-21-2002), St Boil Water Order (JUN-21-2002), St Public Notif requested (JUN-24-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-24-2002), St Compliance achieved (JUN-26-2002)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-17-2001), St Public Notif requested (MAY-17-2001), St Compliance achieved (JUN-11-2001), St Public Notif received (JUL-10-2001)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-09-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-10-2000), St Public Notif requested (OCT-10-2000), St Public Notif received (OCT-31-2000)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-09-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-09-1999), St Compliance achieved (DEC-08-1999), St Public Notif received (JAN-04-2000)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-03-1998), St Public Notif requested (JUL-23-1998), St Compliance achieved (SEP-08-1998)
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In NOV-1999, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-21-1999), St Public Notif received (JAN-04-2000), St Public Notif requested (JAN-27-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-27-2000)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 26.2%
(26.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.1 people | | Michigan: |  2.6 people |
| This city: | 56.6% | | Whole state: | 68.0% |
| This city: | 3.8% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Caspian, MI
Caspian compared to Michigan state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Iron County Michigan:
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Religion statistics for Caspian:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 62.35%
| Here | | 62.3% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Methodist Church | The Evangelical Covenant Church | Lutheran Church |
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| Adherents | 57.8% | 22.2% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 2.6% |
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| Congregations | 12.0% | 16.0% | 12.0% | 4.0% | 8.0% |
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| Name | LDS (Mormon) Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Baptist General Conference | Assemblies of God | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 3.0% |
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| Congregations | 4.0% | 4.0% | 8.0% | 4.0% | 28.0% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 4 | Iron County: | 3.30 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | This county: | 0.83 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 1.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 14 | Iron County: | 11.57 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 2.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 18 | This county: | 14.87 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Iron County: | 10.5% | | Michigan: | 9.7% |
Adult obesity rate: | Iron County: | 28.5% | | State: | 29.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,911 | $46,932 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $2,511 | $30,132 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $3,224 | $38,688 | 1 | $1,803 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $5,080 | $30,480 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,649 | $31,788 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $17,375 | $34,750 | 1 | $1,803 |
Caspian government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0 ($0.00)
- Charges - Sewerage: $123,000 ($143.86)
Solid Waste Management: $83,000 ($97.08)
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $222,000 ($259.65)
Sewerage: $158,000 ($184.80)
Water Utilities: $73,000 ($85.38)
General - Other: $61,000 ($71.35)
Health Services - Other: $58,000 ($67.84)
Solid Waste Management: $58,000 ($67.84)
Police Protection: $53,000 ($61.99)
General Public Buildings: $40,000 ($46.78)
Central Staff Services: $30,000 ($35.09)
Fire Protection: $22,000 ($25.73)
Financial Administration: $18,000 ($21.05)
Parks & Recreation: $6,000 ($7.02)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $24,000 ($28.07)
Highways: $11,000 ($12.87)
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $64,000 ($74.85)
Interest Earnings: $15,000 ($17.54)
Property Sale Other: $8,000 ($9.36)
General Revenue, NEC: $8,000 ($9.36)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $43,000 ($50.29)
Fire Protection: $25,000 ($29.24)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $539,000 ($630.41)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $164,000 ($191.81)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $153,000 ($178.95)
Highways: $117,000 ($136.84)
Housing & Community Development: $10,000 ($11.70)
- Tax - Property: $201,000 ($235.09)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $196,000 ($229.24)
5.27% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,374 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.27% | | Michigan average: | 5.24% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.48% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,055 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.48% | | Michigan average: | 5.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Caspian:
- WIKB (1230 AM; 1 kW; IRON RIVER, MI; Owner: NORTHLAND ADVERTISING, INC.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WDBC (680 AM; 10 kW; ESCANABA, MI; Owner: KMB BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
- WZAM (970 AM; 5 kW; ISHPEMING, MI)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WERL (950 AM; 1 kW; EAGLE RIVER, WI)
Strongest FM radio stations in Caspian:
- WIKB-FM (99.1 FM; IRON RIVER, MI; Owner: NORTHLAND ADVERTISING, INC.)
- W237AW (95.3 FM; IRON RIVER, MI; Owner: WRVM, INC.)
- WNMU-FM (90.1 FM; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
- WOBE (100.7 FM; CRYSTAL FALLS, MI; Owner: RESULTS BROADCASTING OF IRON MOUNTAIN, INC.)
- WHTO (106.7 FM; IRON MOUNTAIN, MI; Owner: TODD STUART NOORDYK)
- WJNR-FM (101.5 FM; IRON MOUNTAIN, MI; Owner: RESULTS BROADCASTING OF IRON MOUNTAIN, INC.)
- WVCM (91.5 FM; IRON MOUNTAIN, MI; Owner: VCY AMERICA INC.)
- WIMK (93.1 FM; IRON MOUNTAIN, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- W244AW (96.7 FM; IRON MOUNTAIN, MI; Owner: FAMILY ED BC CORP OF DOOR CNTY WI)
- WEUL (98.1 FM; KINGSFORD, MI; Owner: GOSPEL OPPORTUNITIES, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Caspian:
- WYOW (Channel 34; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: WAOW-WYOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- WJFW-TV (Channel 12; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NORTHLAND TELEVISION, INC.)
- KTTM (Channel 12; HURON, SD; Owner: INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W54AR (Channel 54; FENCE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WUPT-CA (Channel 25; CRYSTAL FALLS, MI; Owner: WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA TELEVISION, INC.)
Caspian fatal accident list:
Oct 15, 1976 10:00 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 2
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 7 meters (23ft)
Total costs: $210,000
Total average daily traffic: 2,353
Total average daily truck traffic: 33
Total future (year 2016) average daily traffic: 2,655
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Lat: 46.066667 Lon: -88.633333, Call Sign: WPSG313
Assigned Frequencies: 154.385 MHz
Grant Date: 04/13/2001, Expiration Date: 04/13/2011, Certifier: Jerry Anderson
Registrant: Northway Communications Inc, 105 E Oak St, Wausau, WI 54401, Phone: (715) 842-0841, Fax: (715) 848-1413
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2 - Call Sign: N8AFA, Licensee ID: L00654034
Grant Date: 03/13/2003, Expiration Date: 03/30/2013, Certifier: Leo J Van Poucker
Registrant: Leo J Van Poucker, 104 Stanley Lk Dr - P O Box 215, Caspian, MI 49915-0215 - Call Sign: WD8BAV, Licensee ID: L00746923
Grant Date: 09/27/2003, Expiration Date: 09/27/2013
Registrant: Eva M Van Poucker, 104 Stanley Lk Dr, Caspian, MI 49915-0215
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: 172D (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 955RS , Serial Number: 17250144, Year manufactured: 1963, Airworthiness Date: 03/12/1963
Registrant (Corporation): Forestland Housing Corp, Po Box 667, Caspian, MI 49915
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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| Most common first names in Caspian, MI among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Joseph | 21 | 80.0 years |
| Mary | 20 | 78.3 years |
| Frank | 17 | 79.1 years |
| John | 16 | 78.7 years |
| Josephine | 12 | 87.1 years |
| Louis | 10 | 75.8 years |
| Peter | 9 | 81.9 years |
| William | 9 | 79.2 years |
| Anna | 9 | 82.7 years |
| Joe | 7 | 73.6 years |
| Most common last names in Caspian, MI among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Polich | 8 | 82.1 years |
| Cattani | 7 | 80.3 years |
| Dedo | 7 | 84.8 years |
| Fedrizzi | 6 | 79.9 years |
| Rivard | 6 | 74.2 years |
| Meyers | 5 | 75.2 years |
| Johnson | 5 | 75.0 years |
| Maki | 5 | 77.2 years |
| Shepich | 5 | 78.4 years |
| Goodman | 4 | 66.0 years |
Businesses in Caspian, MI
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