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Belleville, Michigan

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Belleville City. It lies in ZIP code area 48111. It stands on Throop Number Two Drain. The Survey maps it on the Belleville quadrangle. 4,008 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Belleville within Wayne County

Population over time

2 figures

Belleville grew from 3,991 to 4,008 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,991
20204,008+17 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

41 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Belleville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural8
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 589 - 2019
8 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVILLE FD 250 - 2020
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHURON TOWNSHIP FD 191022 - 2019
4 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesROMULUS FD 0003111 - 2019
3 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001606 - 2019
22 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 566 - 2020
6 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 406 - 2019
27 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 482 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Belleville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berlin Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redman Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belleville in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2000Flash FloodBelleville$20,000,000Widespread, severe urban flooding resulted in a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Wayne County. The communities most severely affected included Allen Park, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Ecorse, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, Riverview, Southgate, Taylor, Van Buren Township, Wyandotte, and Wayne. Over 15,000 residences and other structures in Wayne County suffered at least some flood damage. Individual communities tallies included: 2700 homes in Allen Park, at least 500 in Lincoln Park, 2200 in Southgate, and 8000 in Wyandotte. In Allen Park, an estimated 40% of all streets flooded at some point during the event. Underpasses flooded in Dearborn and Dearborn, and street flooding was widespread, especially near Ecorse Creek. The Southfield Freeway were covered with two to three feet of water. In Detroit, the failure of a pumping system caused the Lodge Freeway to flood with two to three feet of water. The basement of city hall was damaged by flood waters in Lincoln Park, and street flooding was also widespread. In Riverview, street flooding was again widespread, with water approaching the doorsteps of some homes. A home in Riverview had its basement collapse. The Romulus area saws numerous roads flood, especially around Detroit Metropolitan Airport; numerous motorists had to be rescued from their stalled and stranded vehicles between 6 and 8 pm. Three feet of water covered Fort Street in Wyandotte. The Governor of Michigan estimated $19 million in personal property damage in Wayne County, but said that estimate was "conservative".
May 2000Thunderstorm WindBelleville$6,070,000no account filed
August 2003LightningBelleville$250,000Lightning struck Trojan Cleaners on Main Street. The building caught fire and burned to the ground.
July 1998Flash FloodBelleville$100,000no account filed
August 2023Tornado (EF1)Belleville$60,000The weak tornado touched near or just south of the Wagner Homestead Farm with mainly leaf and twigs blown down. The tornado tracked southeast and crossed Elwell road near Belmont drive. Trees were downed and uprooted. The tornado hit the Mobile Manor Trail Park. A tree was broken in half with uprooted softwoods noted. More significant tree damage was noted as the tornado approached Martinsville Road, generally tracking close to the Hubbard Drain. Maximum winds were estimated to be 90 mph. Trees down and siding peeled off some homes, along with a large tree limb down on a home. The tornado appeared to have dissipated in between Pebblebrook Drive and Fret Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Large tree downed across the road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Several trees and wires reported down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Three to six inch diameter tree limbs reported down, along with powerlines.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBelleville-A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Law enforcement reported a tree down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindBelleville-A huge tree toppled over at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Numerous other trees were knocked over or uprooted, blocking several streets. A tree fell on a home on Carmell Street. A tree was also reported down on a car.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Several trees and power lines blown down.
June 2023HailBelleville-no account filed
July 2018HailBelleville-no account filed
July 2004HailBelleville-no account filed
April 2001HailBelleville-no account filed
June 2000HailBelleville-no account filed
May 2000HailBelleville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBelleville-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBelleville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Roulo1.0 miles19
Belleville North1.3 miles19
Edgewater Heights1.4 miles20
French Landing2.4 miles19
Denton4.2 miles24
Martinsville4.3 miles19
Romulus4.8 miles19
Sheldon4.9 miles20

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 BellevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2504015The 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 621058. 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.