Michigan Center, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Leoni Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49254. It lies near Goat Island. The Survey maps it on the Michigan Center quadrangle. 4,609 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 945 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresMichigan Center fell from 4,641 to 4,609 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,641 | |
| 2010 | 4,672 | +31 (+1%) |
| 2020 | 4,609 | -63 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Michigan Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Michigan Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 9 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JACKSON FD 3751 - 2018 |
| 20 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JACKSON FD 3627 - 2018 |
| 8 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 0000352 - 2018 |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JACKSON FD 3240 - 2018 |
| 10 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JACKSON FD 3054 - 2018 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JACKSON FD 2561 - 2018 |
| 29 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLACKMAN-LEONI TOWNSHIP DPS 14314 - 2018 |
| 28 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLACKMAN-LEONI TOWNSHIP DPS 14802 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Michigan Center: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Am Vitrified Prod Co Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Palmer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leoni | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Holiday Manor Park | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Vandercook Lake | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Point | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Grass Lake | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Napoleon | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Roots | 7.1 miles | 12 |
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 Michigan Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2522970 | 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 632205. 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.







