Carson City, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Carson City City. It lies in ZIP code area 48811. It stands on Butternut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carson City quadrangle. 1,120 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCarson City grew from 1,093 to 1,120 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 | 1,093 | |
| 2020 | 1,120 | +27 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Carson City between 2018 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 4 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 use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201843 - 2018 |
| 26 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP FD 0060-19 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201916 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 202013 - 2020 |
| 27 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201922 - 2019 |
| 25 April 2019 | Natural | 25 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201920 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP FD 0048-19 - 2019 |
| 20 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HUBBARDSTON FD 0000033 - 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 Carson City: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcalm County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carson City in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carson City | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down by wind gusts estimated at 58 mph. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Carson City | $10,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported in Carson City. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carson City | $10,000 | Numerous large trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts two miles north of Carson City. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carson City | - | Barn roof partially removed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butternut | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vickeryville | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Crystal | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sheridan | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Fenwick | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kings Corner | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Amsden | 14.7 miles | 10 | |
| Stanton | 14.8 miles | 13 |
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 Carson City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1045455 | 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 622795. 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.





