Carleton, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48117. It stands on Streit Drain. The Survey maps it on the Carleton quadrangle. 2,326 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCarleton fell from 2,345 to 2,326 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 | 2,345 | |
| 2020 | 2,326 | -19 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1906 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Carleton quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Carleton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Carleton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Carleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Carleton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 191239 - 2019 |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18930 - 2018 |
| 21 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18889 - 2018 |
| 3 July 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 442 - 2020 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EXETER VFD 0000139 - 2018 |
| 14 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASH TOWNSHIP FD 0006134 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EXETER VFD 0000098 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18291 - 2018 |
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 Carleton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lake Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carleton in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Carleton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | A tree and several large tree limbs observed down in Carleton, along with power lines. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Reports of downed trees and power lines. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Numerous trees and wires reported down across northeast portions of Monroe County. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Numerous trees and wires reported down across northeast portions of Monroe County. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Numerous trees blown down throughout Monroe County, most around Carleton. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | A large tree was reported blown down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Numerous trees and power lines reported down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Multiple trees reported down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Large tree limb reported down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Trained spotter reported 20 inch diameter trees blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | Local law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | A trained weather spotter reported several trees down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Carleton | - | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Hail | Carleton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Carleton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Carleton | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carleton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Steiner | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Scofield | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Exeter (historical) | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Newport | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| South Rockwood | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Oldport | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Stony Creek | 7.2 miles | 18 |
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 Carleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3157290 | 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 622719. 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.










