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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.

Center Line within Macomb County

Population over time

2 figures

Center 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,257
20208,552+295 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

88 since 2018

Regional 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 use30
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2

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
8 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0032107 - 2019
8 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0033121 - 2018
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMADISON HEIGHTS FD 3248 - 2018
27 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0034689 - 2019
24 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0034344 - 2019
23 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0011757 - 2019
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMADISON HEIGHTS FD 3451 - 2018
11 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEASTPOINTE FIRE/RESCUE 0003704 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carmet Co--Madison Hgts, Mich.TungstenProducer
General Electric Co--Warren, Mich.TantalumPast Producer
Jones & Laughlin--Warren, Mich.IronProducer
Alliance Brick Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
East Gass'sS Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Warren Brick Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

16 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCenter Line$2,000A large tree was blown down, blocking the westbound lanes on Chicago Road near 14 Mile.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCenter Line-Tree observed down on the road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCenter Line-A one foot diameter tree was reported down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCenter Line-Several tree limbs reported down, one of which fell onto a power line.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCenter Line-Large tree limbs reported down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCenter Line-Spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCenter Line-Large tree and power lines reported down.
July 2014HailCenter Line-no account filed
July 2014HailCenter Line-no account filed
March 2012HailCenter Line-no account filed
March 2012HailCenter Line-no account filed
July 2012HailCenter Line-no account filed
July 2012HailCenter Line-no account filed
July 2012HailCenter Line-no account filed
July 2012HailCenter Line-no account filed
April 2009HailCenter Line-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb 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
Warren1.6 miles20
Eastpointe4.0 miles19
Roseville4.9 miles19
Fraser5.6 miles18
Cady6.2 miles18
Sterling Heights6.6 miles18
St. Clair Shores7.4 miles19
Broad Acres8.0 miles18

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 LineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2427389The 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.