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Coloma, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1970. It stands in Coloma Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49038. It stands on Ryno Drain. The Survey maps it on the Coloma quadrangle. 1,465 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Coloma within Berrien County

Population over time

2 figures

Coloma fell from 1,483 to 1,465 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
20101,483
20201,465-18 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

44 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Coloma between 2018 and 2020, burning about 49 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 use25
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
7 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000455 - 2019
24 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 163 - 2020
22 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 140 - 2020
22 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 142 - 2020
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWATERVLIET FD 322 - 2020
9 July 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 100 - 2020
7 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 125 - 2018
11 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 103 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berrien County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Coloma: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
Berrien Sand QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nadeau PitSilicaProducerSedimentary
Nadeau SiteSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berrien County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coloma in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2004Thunderstorm WindColoma1 killed, $10,000Emergency management reported a 4 foot diameter oak tree fell onto a vehicle as it was passing. The car was crushed and the 50 year old female driver was killed instantly.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindColoma$7,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindColoma$5,000no account filed
April 2026FloodColoma-Numerous reports from local media about a railroad washout east of Coloma, MI. Media states that the washout was discovered around 5pm ET on the 4th.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindColoma-Emergency management officials reported a tree down onto the road near Red Arrow Highway and Boyer Rd.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindColoma-Trees and power lines reported down in and around Coloma.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindColoma-Law enforcement officials reported several trees and power lines down in the Coloma area.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindColoma-A trained spotter reported a tree fell onto a house, taking power lines down with it. The downed power lines were trapping three people on the porch of the home. They were rescued without injury.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindColoma-Power lines down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindColoma-Trees and power lines down. About 4,200 people lost power.
August 1998FloodColoma-WATER UP TO THE BOTTOM OF CAR DOORS ON STREETS.

Every storm recorded in Berrien 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
Watervliet2.5 miles11
Paw Paw Lake2.6 miles11
Little Paw Paw Lake2.6 miles11
Riverside3.9 miles10
Lake Michigan Beach4.0 miles11
Twelve Corners4.7 miles10
Millburg4.7 miles10
Bainbridge Center5.1 miles10

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 ColomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2564334The 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 623623. 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.