Ecorse, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ecorse City. It lies in ZIP code area 48229. It lies near Mud Island. The Survey maps it on the Wyandotte quadrangle. 9,305 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEcorse fell from 9,512 to 9,305 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 | 9,512 | |
| 2020 | 9,305 | -207 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1906 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Ecorse between 2018 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 4 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 use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WYANDOTTE FD 0000619 - 2019 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEARBORN FD 0010923 - 2018 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHGATE FD 1903240 - 2019 |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0007107 - 2019 |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033077 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEN PARK FD 0002267 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ECORSE FD 1658 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WYANDOTTE FD 0000568 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ecorse: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Calcium, Salt, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Mine | Salt | Producer | ||
| Detroit Salt Mine | Halite | Producer | 1895, 1910 | |
| Clippert Brick and Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Detroit Lime Co Calcining Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Ford Clay Pit and Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| River Rouge Limekiln | Calcium | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ecorse in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ecorse | - | A large tree was reported blown on the road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ecorse | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ecorse | - | Power lines reported down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ecorse | - | Large trees blown down across road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ecorse | - | A large tree was reported blown down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ecorse | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| River Rouge | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Wyandotte | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Melvindale | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Southgate | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Allen Park | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Delray | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Fort Wayne | 4.6 miles | 22 |
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 Ecorse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2514286 | 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 625337. 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.











