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Constantine, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Constantine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49042. It stands on Fawn River. The Survey maps it on the Constantine quadrangle. 1,947 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 787 feet above sea level.

Constantine within St. Joseph County

On record in Constantine

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Constantine fell from 2,076 to 1,947 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
20102,076
20201,947-129 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

32 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Constantine between 2003 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 August 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 108 - 2020
4 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 107 - 2020
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCONSTANTINE FD 211 - 2020
21 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFABIUS PARK FD 141 - 2020
30 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCONSTANTINE FD 202 - 2019
20 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000120 - 2018
12 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0097 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Joseph County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Constantine: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Api Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Joseph County

Storms near this place

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Constantine in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 22 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 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
June 2006LightningConstantine1 killedA 45 year old man leaning against a tree was seriously injured when the tree was struck by lightning. He later died of his injuries.
July 1997LightningConstantine1 hurtAn adult woman in Constantine was struck by lightning at 2:22 PM EDT at 10884 Harder Road. Michigan State Police reported she sought medical treatment at Three Rivers Area Hospital, where she was treated and released for minor injuries.
June 2010Tornado (EF2)Constantine$300,000A survey of damage across southern St. Joseph County was performed by NWS Personnel. The damage found indicates that a circulation touched down over an open field north of Miller Road and west of Blue School Road. The tornado initially struck two barns, destroying them and sending the debris several miles downwind. The tornado then picked up a trailer at a local Port-A-Jon business. It appears that a combination of the strong winds and the trailer striking one of the guy wires, resulted in a 350 foot cell tower being blown down into an adjacent tower, causing the failure of both (DI: FST DOD:2). The tornado then continued across mainly open fields, scouring a 200 yard wide area of corn, just to the east-southeast of the cell towers and several trees along its track. The final damage occurred at a residence where minor roof damage was done to a barn, as well as more focused tree damage and a center pivot irrigation system being flipped. The tornado reached a maximum of roughly 200 yards in width and was on the ground for over 10 miles. Maximum winds are estimated at around 125 mph.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindConstantine$100,000EXTENSIVE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindConstantine$3,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindConstantine$1,000The broadcast media report that a healthy tree, 3 feet in diameter, was uprooted in a local cemetery.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindConstantine$200The public reports that large tree branches were downed.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Local media relayed via Twitter numerous reports of downed power lines in Three Rivers, Constantine, and Fabius Park.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Rotted tree snapped in half.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindConstantine-A one foot diameter tree limb 30 foot long and apparently healthy fell and damaged a dog kennel.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Trees and power lines were reported blown down in several locations across the county.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Amateur radio operators reported power poles were blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Tree downed.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Tree down on Youngs Prairie Road. Time estimated from radar.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Trained spotters reported trees and tree limbs down. A eight inch diameter branch was blocking Riverside Drive, just west of Blue School Road in Constantine.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindConstantine-An off duty NWS employee reported multiple trees uprooted in the Constantine area.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindConstantine-County dispatch officials reported trees down in Constantine.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindConstantine-A few trees reported down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Law enforcement reported numerous trees down northeast of Constantine.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Law enforcement reported trees down in Constantine.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Large tree limbs reported knocked down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Law enforcement reported trees down in Constantine.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindConstantine-Power lines and numerous trees down.
June 2006HailConstantine-no account filed
July 1999HailConstantine-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindConstantine-no account filed
May 1996HailConstantine-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindConstantine-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
White Pigeon3.3 miles14
Golden Pond Estates4.7 miles15
Mottville5.5 miles17
Fabius5.6 miles15
Breezy Beach6.4 miles15
Oakwood6.9 miles15
Bluff Beach7.2 miles15
Three Rivers7.3 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 ConstantineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q580050The 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 1624472. 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.