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Carrollton, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Carrollton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48724. It stands on Carrollton Bar. The Survey maps it on the Saginaw quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level.

Carrollton within Saginaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

76 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Carrollton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 15 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
Equipment and vehicle use38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural15
Debris and open burning2

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
5 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIDGEPORT FD 875 - 2019
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPAULDING TOWNSHIP FD 0000064 - 2019
15 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBUENA VISTA FD 1582 - 2018
1 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSAGINAW FD 2855 - 2019
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSAGINAW FD 2804 - 2019
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSAGINAW FD 3119 - 2018
10 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBUENA VISTA FD 1407 - 2019
1 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 428 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saginaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Carrollton: 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, General, Clay, Calcium. 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
Carrollton Lime Kiln MillCalciumProducer
Stand.Mining Co.Clay Shale PitClayProspect
Wickes Eng'Ng Matls--Saginaw, Mich.GraphiteProducer
Day's Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
E.Saginaw Clay SampleFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Saginaw MillLimestone, GeneralProducer
Saginaw Rock Prdts--Carrollton MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saginaw County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrollton in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarrollton2 hurt, $200,000Dozens of trees uprooted and blown down, along with powerlines down.|A few large trees fell onto houses. Downed trees also blocked roads. An entire roof was blown off a commercial building near Stevens and Hamilton roads. In addition, a tree fell onto a car, resulting in two residents suffering minor injuries.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-A tree fell onto the road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-A tree fell onto a car.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-A large tree was blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-Trees were reported blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-Trees reported down along Tittabawasee Road.
July 2011HailCarrollton-no account filed
June 2008HailCarrollton-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saginaw 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
Zilwaukee1.3 miles16
Crow Island1.6 miles16
Saginaw2.9 miles16
Kochville3.0 miles13
Buena Vista3.1 miles16
Indiantown5.0 miles16
Lawndale5.7 miles15
Shattuckville6.4 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q33428769The 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 622791. 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.