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Fraser, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Fraser City. It lies in ZIP code area 48026. It stands on Sweeney Drain. The Survey maps it on the Mount Clemens West quadrangle. 14,726 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Fraser within Macomb County

Population over time

2 figures

Fraser grew from 14,480 to 14,726 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
201014,480
202014,726+246 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

62 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Fraser between 2018 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 3 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 use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning10
Natural3
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
23 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0011757 - 2019
11 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEASTPOINTE FIRE/RESCUE 0003704 - 2019
9 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST CLAIR SHORES FD 4796 - 2019
23 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFRASER DPS-FIRE DIVISION 1270-20 - 2020
21 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFRASER DPS-FIRE DIVISION 20-1256 - 2020
10 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST CLAIR SHORES FD 4819 - 2019
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0008229 - 2018
6 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0008235 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fraser: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Tantalum. 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
General Electric Co--Warren, Mich.TantalumPast Producer
Jones & Laughlin--Warren, Mich.IronProducer
Port Huron Salt Co.SaltPast Producer
Marsack Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vergote Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alliance Brick Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
East Gass'sS Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Warren Brick Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fraser in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFraser$5,000no account filed
June 2025Tornado (EF0)Fraser-The tornado started north of Masonic and east of Utica Road and Garfield Road, in the vicinity of General Street. The tornado moved north crossing 14 Mile Road and affected about 15 to 20 homes, with shingles blown off their roofs. The most concentrated damage was in this neighborhood, with a lot of tree damage as well. The most |significant structural damage that was noted was 1 house losing a section of its roof. The tornado continued to move north crossing 15 Mile Road causing additional tree|damage before dissipating just south of the Metro Parkway. Estimated peak winds of 70 MPH with the tornado.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFraser-Tree limbs reported down on the road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindFraser-Large tree limbs observed on the road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindFraser-Large trees and tree limbs reported down.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindFraser-A large tree was reported blown down.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFraser-A 4 inch tree limb was reported down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFraser-A trained spotter measured a 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFraser-A trained spotter estimated an 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFraser-A trained spotter reported a large tree branch 8 inches in diameter down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFraser-A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFraser-A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which caused a down wire.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFraser-A trained weather spotter estimated a 90 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which blew down a 2 foot diameter tree.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFraser-no account filed
June 2008HailFraser-no account filed
May 2007HailFraser-no account filed
August 2007HailFraser-no account filed
April 2000FloodFraser-no account filed
October 1999HailFraser-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb 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
Cady1.7 miles18
Broad Acres2.6 miles18
Roseville3.0 miles19
Clinton3.6 miles18
Warren4.0 miles20
St. Clair Shores4.3 miles19
Eastpointe4.9 miles19
Sterling Heights5.1 miles18

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 FraserAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2425470The 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 626432. 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.