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Centreville, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Nottawa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49032. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Three Rivers East quadrangle. 1,319 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.

Centreville within St. Joseph County

On record in Centreville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Centreville fell from 1,425 to 1,319 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
20101,425
20201,319-106 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

5 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Centreville between 2019 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
25 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000264 - 2019
13 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCONSTANTINE FD 132 - 2020
2 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000100 - 2019
13 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTHREE RIVERS FD 20958 - 2020
30 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000398 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Joseph County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Centreville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cole Brothers Contractors PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wiggins Kent County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Joseph County

Storms near this place

34 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centreville in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2024Tornado (EF2)Centreville1 hurtA tornado touched down in St. Joseph county on the south side of Centreville and then tracked northeast, passing north of Colon and into Branch county near Havens and Goodrich Lake. The tornado finally weakened and lifted south of Union Lake. Extensive damage occurred to trees and center pivot irrigation systems along the track with the most significant damage occurring from north of Colon to north of Sherwood, when video evidence indicated the tornado became multi-vortex. Several homes suffered loss of roof and walls, resulting in the area of highest damage being consistent with an EF2 tornado and winds of up to 130 mph. An 84 year old man suffered minor injuries in a residence north of Colon.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCentreville$62,000Emergency manager reports 6 to 8 power poles were snapped.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCentreville$10,000Trained spotters reported trees uprooted as well as power lines down in the area.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindCentreville$10,000Several trees and power lines were reported down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCentreville$5,000A power line was blown down by high winds.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCentreville$5,000Trees were downed in Centreville, some of which fell across area roads.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindCentreville$3,000Many trees reported down throughout Joseph county from southwest portion of county through northeast portion.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCentreville$2,500St. Joseph County Central Dispatch reported several large trees downed in Centreville area.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCentreville$2,500St. Joseph County Central Dispatch reported a few trees downed in Centreville.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindCentreville$500Trees down at Lake Templain between Centreville and Sturgis.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCentreville-Power lines down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCentreville-A tree down across road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCentreville-Numerous reports of power lines down and a tree down in Centreville.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindCentreville-Amateur radio operators reported a three foot diameter, half rotten, oak tree was split down the middle and was blocking the road near the intersection of M-86 and Shimmel Rd.
February 2017Tornado (EF1)Centreville-Tornado touched down a field southwest of the intersection of M-86 and Rambadt Rd and tracked rapidly northeast, causing damage to several trees near the above intersection. One of the trees penetrated the roof of a shed and also crushed part |of a RV trailer with another RV trailer being pushed over. The tornado then crossed Truckenmiller Rd and caused roof damage to a large barn as well as a smaller outbuilding. The tornado began to weaken and track more easterly knocking over additional trees and causing shingle damage to a residence on Truckenmiller Rd west of|Nottawa Rd. The tornado then lifted before reaching Nottawa Rd. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 90 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCentreville-A trained spotter reported trees, tree limbs and power lines down, some possible onto vehicles.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCentreville-Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCentreville-At the fairgrounds. Some tree branches and flags downed.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCentreville-Amateur radio operators reported wind gusts estimated to at least 65 mph.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindCentreville-The public reported trees and power lines down throughout the entire county.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCentreville-Law enforcement officials reported a few trees and power lines down in Centreville.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCentreville-Emergency management officials reported power lines and trees down onto the roadway, near Nottawwa and Ann Streets.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCentreville-General public reported trees down in Centreville.
September 2011HailCentreville-no account filed
June 2006HailCentreville-no account filed
June 2006HailCentreville-no account filed
June 2006HailCentreville-no account filed
June 2006HailCentreville-no account filed
September 2005HailCentreville-no account filed
August 1999HailCentreville-no account filed
August 1999HailCentreville-no account filed
July 1998HailCentreville-no account filed
May 1996HailCentreville-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindCentreville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Joseph 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
Wasepi3.7 miles11
Nottawa4.2 miles11
Three Rivers5.7 miles15
Parkville6.5 miles15
Mendon7.1 miles14
Bluff Beach7.5 miles15
Sandy Beach8.0 miles15
Moore Park8.4 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.

Wikipedia article on CentrevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2041421The 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 1624448. 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.