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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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Marlette within Sanilac County

Population over time

2 figures

Marlette 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,875
20201,855-20 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

5 since 2007

Regional 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 August 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARLETTE FD 0015030 - 2019
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARLETTE FD 0009024 - 2019
4 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARLETTE FD 0008023 - 2019
24 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARLETTE FD 0017025 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanilac 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sanilac County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanilac County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Marlette$75,000A 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 1998Thunderstorm WindMarlette$40,000no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodMarlette$35,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindMarlette$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMarlette$10,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMarlette$2,000Trained spotter reported that several trees were blown down in Marlette by thunderstorm winds.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarlette-Sporadic tree limbs and trees reported down in Sanilac County.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindMarlette-Numerous large tree branches down in Marlette.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindMarlette-Several large tree limbs down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMarlette-Three large trees were reported down.
May 2006HailMarlette-no account filed
May 2006HailMarlette-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMarlette-no account filed
May 1998HailMarlette-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodMarlette-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMarlette-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMarlette-no account filed
April 1995HailMarlette-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMarlette-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sanilac 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
Juhl7.4 miles9
Decker9.2 miles9
Brown City9.3 miles10
Hemans9.3 miles9
Elmer10.3 miles10
Snover10.9 miles10
Valley Center13.0 miles10
Watertown13.4 miles10

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 MarletteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2000637The 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.