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Grand Blanc, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grand Blanc City. It lies in ZIP code area 48439. It stands on Bush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flint South quadrangle. 8,091 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.

Grand Blanc within Genesee County

On record in Grand Blanc

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 figures

Grand Blanc fell from 8,276 to 8,091 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
20108,276
20208,091-185 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

34 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Grand Blanc between 2018 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 7 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 use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural7
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUNDY TOWNSHIP FD 2018254 - 2018
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND BLANC FD 12478 - 2019
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0000266 - 2019
25 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND BLANC FD 425 - 2020
9 July 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND BLANC FD 320 - 2020
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 534 - 2020
3 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0000211 - 2018
2 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0000208 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this place

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Blanc in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
February 2024Tornado (EF2)Grand Blanc$1,000,000The tornado touched down in Creasey Bicentennial Park damaging the south pavilion and uprooting a pine tree. The tornado tracked east northeast across Westminster Cir where multiple trees were snapped, two garage doors were blown out, and a roof was partially stripped from one home. The tornado continued tracking east northeast across Porter Rd and Reid Rd where multiple limbs and trees were snapped. The peak of damage occurred at an industrial complex at the intersection of Reid and S Dort Hwy. Damage to the complex included blown out non load bearing walls and loss of the majority of the roof. Peak winds were estimated at 115 mph. Multiple transmission poles were also snapped along S Dort Hwy. Damaged continued into the Indian Hill neighborhood near downtown Grand Blanc where multiple large trees were downed with some of them falling onto homes along Old Bridge Rd to Stonybrook Dr. The tornado tracked east northeast across Genesee Road to Belsay Rd snapping hardwood limbs and uprooting pine trees before greater damage occurred along Moonstone Dr and Brookview Dr. Damage in these areas included more widespread tree damage and one home with a garage door blown out and a roof partially uplifted. The tornado weakened and lifted shortly after it crossed Perry Rd.
May 2013Tornado (EF2)Grand Blanc$350,000The tornado was rated EF2 with a maximum wind speed of 130 mph. The maximum path width was 300 yards with a total path length of 4.6 miles. The tornado started near the intersection of Vassar Road and Pointe North Drive and continued to State Road near Perry Road. The greatest damage occurred near the intersection of Hegel Gale Roads. A house was nearly destroyed, along with a garage and external storage facilities wrecked.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc$50,000A local newspaper article reported that a 60-foot-tall tree fell and struck a chimney, sending the chimney and roof crashing through two stories of a home. The family of four were home at the time and all avoided injury. The insurance company estimated that the total property damage was at least $50K.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc$10,000no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc$5,000Grand Blanc Fire Department reported trees down and partial collapse of house on Crest Knoll Drive.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc$5,000Multiple power lines reported down.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc$3,000Several trees and wires reported down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc$3,000Law enforcement reported numerous small trees and 1 utility pole down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-Numerous 8 to 10 inch diameter tree limbs down, along with power lines and a few smaller trees uprooted.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-Power lines were reported down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-Numerous trees reported down across Grand Blanc.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-Two eight to ten inch tree limbs down, along with several three to four inch limbs.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-Four to six inch diameter tree branches and power poles reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-Five inch diameter tree branch reported down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-Large tree limb reported down.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-A couple of 12 inch diameter trees were reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-A spotter estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-A trained spotter measured a 69 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-A trained spotter measured a 62 MPH wind gust.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-A trained spotter measured a 62 MPH wind gust.
March 2006HailGrand Blanc-Spotters reported hail accumulations 2 inches deep.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-A trained spotter measured a peak wind gust at 62 MPH.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-A trained weather spotter estimated a 80 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-A trained weather spotter reported 5 inch tree limbs down.
May 2025HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
September 2013HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
July 2012HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
July 2012HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
July 2012HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
June 2009HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
June 2008HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
August 2008HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
August 2008HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
July 2007HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
July 2007HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
May 2006HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
August 2006HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
May 2003HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGrand Blanc-no account filed
August 2003HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
May 2001HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
July 2000HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
July 1999HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
June 1998HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
May 1997HailGrand Blanc-no account filed
September 1994HailGrand Blanc-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
Whigville1.6 miles14
Burton5.0 miles13
Atlas5.1 miles13
Lapeer Heights5.9 miles16
Rankin6.5 miles13
Goodrich6.6 miles13
Flint6.6 miles16
Bayport Park6.9 miles14

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 Grand BlancAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q610773The 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 627081. 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.

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.