Columbiaville, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marathon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48421. It stands on Hemmingway and Whipple Drain. The Survey maps it on the Columbiaville quadrangle. 702 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
On record in Columbiaville
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 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresColumbiaville fell from 787 to 702 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 | 787 | |
| 2020 | 702 | -85 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Columbiaville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Columbiaville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIAVILLE FD 1909067 - 2019 |
| 16 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIAVILLE FD 0918060 - 2018 |
| 26 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIAVILLE FD 0918053 - 2018 |
| 23 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTER LAKE FIRE & RESCUE 0000017 - 2019 |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0119110 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0119108 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 |
| 26 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST TOWNSHIP FD 81 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Columbiaville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elba Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbiaville in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Columbiaville | $500,000 | A National Weather Service Storm Damage Survey confirmed the occurrence of a tornado in western Lapeer County, approximately 3 miles south of Columbiaville or 5 miles northwest of Lapeer. The tornado produced damage consistent with a rating of EF2, with maximum wind speeds of around 125 mph. The tornado damage path was roughly 4.6 miles long with a maximum width of 400 yards. The damage extended from near the intersection of Mt. Morris Road and German Road with a touchdown of approximately 649 PM EDT to near the intersection of Flint River Road and Millville Road by approximately 704 PM EDT. Damage along much of the path was primarily uprooted trees and minor structural damage. The most intense damage occurred along Carpentar Road, roughly one quarter mile south of Stanley Road, at 700 PM EDT. A house was shifted off the foundation and an attached garage was destroyed at this location. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Columbiaville | $300,000 | Thunderstorms with very heavy rain repeatedly occurred across the same areas and dumped rain at a rate of nearly 2 inches per hour. Doppler radar estimated that 6 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts, fell in a west to east swath across north central Lapeer County. The most intense rain fell from about 2000 EST on the 2nd to about 0100 EST on the 3rd. Flash flooding began around 2245 EST. The rain caused mass flooding to area roads. Nearly a dozen roads, between M-90 and Clear Lake Rd, were washed out and had to be closed. Crops were also severely punished. Farmers in the North Branch area reported losing over a million dollars in vegetable and sod crops. One farmer lost 120 acres of sod, estimated at $540K. Another farmer lost 35 acres of onions, estimated at around $200K. Total losses in crops due to the floods were estimated at $1M. Several homes were heavily damaged by flooding on the east side of burnside township. Total property damages, including rebuilding roads, were estimated at $300K. No injuries were reported. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Columbiaville | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | Trees reported down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | Tree and power lines reported down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | Multiple trees and power lines reported down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | A garage door was partially blown in and small trees were reported down. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | Trees and power lines reported down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | Numerous tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | Law enforcement reported a large tree down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | Trees were reported blown down, along with wind damage to a silo and a barn roof. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Columbiaville | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Columbiaville | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Columbiaville | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Columbiaville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbiaville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Columbiaville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Lake | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Millers Lake | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Barnes Lake | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Elba | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lapeer | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Five Lakes | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| North Branch | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kings Mill | 12.6 miles | 10 |
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 Columbiaville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2439708 | 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 623646. 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.





