Coleman, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48618. The Survey maps it on the Coleman quadrangle. 1,262 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresColeman grew from 1,243 to 1,262 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 | 1,243 | |
| 2020 | 1,262 | +19 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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
- 1969 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Coleman between 1994 and 2019, burning about 80 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 03 |
| 20 July 2001 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 2016 | Other causes | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | PETTIBONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Coleman: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish's Tile Plant Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Pohl Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coleman in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Coleman | $116,400,000 | Five to eight inches of rain fell, leading to widespread major flooding. 57 homes were destroyed with over 1900 homes damaged. 193 roads and bridges damaged or destroyed. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Coleman | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | $75,000 | Trees and wires reported down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | $75,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Coleman | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | $4,000 | A garage door and some windows were blown out of an EMS center. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | - | Power lines were reported down. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Coleman | - | Widespread flash flooding across Midland county was slow to recede, with flooding persisting through the entire day on June 23rd. Meanwhile, near record flooding occurred on the Tittabawassee River, which peaked at 32.15 feet on June 24th at 7 PM EDT. The river fell below flood stage on June 27th at 1157 PM EDT. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | - | Large tree limbs and powerlines reported down. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | - | Firefighters reported several 12 to 14 inch tree limbs down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | - | Law enforcement reported trees down across the northern part of the county. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | - | A trained spotter reported trees and limbs blown down. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Coleman | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Coleman | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Coleman | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Coleman | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Coleman | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Coleman | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Coleman | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Coleman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamando | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| North Bradley | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Curtis | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Oil City | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Wrights (historical) | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Francis Grove | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Edenville | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Olson | 12.3 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 Coleman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q601779 | 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 623595. 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.





