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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.

Coleman within Midland County

Population over time

2 figures

Coleman 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,243
20201,262+19 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

21 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2009Equipment and vehicle use6.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISABELLA 03
20 July 2001Fireworksunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 June 2016Other causes1.8 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestPETTIBONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Midland 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fish's Tile Plant Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Pohl Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Midland County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017Flash FloodColeman$116,400,000Five 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 2013FloodColeman$250,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindColeman$75,000Trees and wires reported down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindColeman$75,000no account filed
September 1997LightningColeman$10,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindColeman$4,000A garage door and some windows were blown out of an EMS center.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindColeman-Power lines were reported down.
June 2017FloodColeman-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 2008Thunderstorm WindColeman-Large tree limbs and powerlines reported down.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindColeman-Firefighters reported several 12 to 14 inch tree limbs down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindColeman-Law enforcement reported trees down across the northern part of the county.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindColeman-A trained spotter reported trees and limbs blown down.
March 2012HailColeman-no account filed
March 2012HailColeman-no account filed
October 2007HailColeman-no account filed
May 2004HailColeman-no account filed
May 2004HailColeman-no account filed
April 2002HailColeman-no account filed
June 1998HailColeman-no account filed
May 1996HailColeman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Midland 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
Alamando3.3 miles15
North Bradley6.0 miles13
Curtis6.1 miles11
Oil City10.1 miles15
Wrights (historical)10.2 miles11
Francis Grove10.7 miles13
Edenville11.2 miles11
Olson12.3 miles13

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 ColemanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q601779The 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.