Center Line, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Warren City. It lies in ZIP code area 48015. The Survey maps it on the Highland Park quadrangle. 8,552 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCenter Line grew from 8,257 to 8,552 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 | 8,257 | |
| 2020 | 8,552 | +295 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1905 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Center Line between 2018 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 14 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032107 - 2019 |
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033121 - 2018 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON HEIGHTS FD 3248 - 2018 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034689 - 2019 |
| 24 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034344 - 2019 |
| 23 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0011757 - 2019 |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON HEIGHTS FD 3451 - 2018 |
| 11 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EASTPOINTE FIRE/RESCUE 0003704 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Center Line: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Tungsten, Tantalum, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmet Co--Madison Hgts, Mich. | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| General Electric Co--Warren, Mich. | Tantalum | Past Producer | ||
| Jones & Laughlin--Warren, Mich. | Iron | Producer | ||
| Alliance Brick Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| East Gass'sS Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Warren Brick Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Line in 16 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Line | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down, blocking the westbound lanes on Chicago Road near 14 Mile. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Line | - | Tree observed down on the road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Line | - | A one foot diameter tree was reported down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Line | - | Several tree limbs reported down, one of which fell onto a power line. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Line | - | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Line | - | Spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Line | - | Large tree and power lines reported down. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Center Line | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Center Line | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Center Line | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Center Line | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Center Line | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Center Line | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Center Line | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Center Line | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Center Line | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Eastpointe | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Roseville | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Fraser | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cady | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Sterling Heights | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| St. Clair Shores | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Broad Acres | 8.0 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 Center Line | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2427389 | 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 622981. 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.












