Marlette, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marlette City. It lies in ZIP code area 48453. The Survey maps it on the Marlette quadrangle. 1,855 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresMarlette fell from 1,875 to 1,855 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 | 1,875 | |
| 2020 | 1,855 | -20 (-1%) |
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 Marlette quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Marlette between 2007 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARLETTE FD 0015030 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARLETTE FD 0009024 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARLETTE FD 0008023 - 2019 |
| 24 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARLETTE FD 0017025 - 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 Marlette: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanilac County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marlette in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Marlette | $75,000 | A tornado occurred near Marlette in western Sanilac County. This weak tornado occurred at approximatley 832 pm and produced winds to 75 mph and was rated EF0. The tornado touched down on the southeast side of Marlette on Euclid Avenue and continued for a half mile before dissipating. Four trees were snapped off and one shed was destroyed, along with downed branches and shingle loss on one home. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Marlette | $35,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | $2,000 | Trained spotter reported that several trees were blown down in Marlette by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | - | Sporadic tree limbs and trees reported down in Sanilac County. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | - | Numerous large tree branches down in Marlette. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | - | Several large tree limbs down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | - | Three large trees were reported down. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Marlette | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Marlette | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Marlette | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Marlette | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Marlette | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlette | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juhl | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Decker | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Brown City | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hemans | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Elmer | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Snover | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Valley Center | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Watertown | 13.4 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 Marlette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2000637 | 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 631595. 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.




