Montrose, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Montrose City. It lies in ZIP code area 48457. It stands on Armstrong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montrose quadrangle. 1,743 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMontrose grew from 1,657 to 1,743 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 | 1,657 | |
| 2020 | 1,743 | +86 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1919 USGS Burt quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Burt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Burt quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Montrose between 2003 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 5 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 use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 233 - 2020 |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE GROVE TWP FD 0004719 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000073 - 2018 |
| 4 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000070 - 2018 |
| 4 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBEE TOWNSHIP FD 1800037 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000063 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAZELTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000015 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000090 - 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 Montrose: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kish Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Snelenberger Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported power lines and two trees down in Montrose. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $3,000 | A trained spotter reported many large tree branches down, as well as a few trees. One tree fell on a garage, causing some structural damage. Property damages were roughly estimated at $3K. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $2,000 | Local media reported down trees and siding torn from homes. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Several large tree limbs observed down. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Montrose | - | A tornado briefly touched down near Duffield and Mt. Morris Roads. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Trees and power lines were reported blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Local law enforcement reported trees blown down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Trees blown down. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and peeled some siding off a home in Montrose. Lightning struck a 60 by 140 feet barn, two miles southeast of Grand Blanc, resulting in a blaze that destroyed the entire structure. The one horse that was an inhabitant of the barn, was rescued from the fire. The barn was one of the largest in Genesee County, and was valued at $30,000. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Flood | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Creek | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Flushing | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Clio | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Farrandville | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Run | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Morris | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Beecher | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Thetford Center | 13.4 miles | 16 |
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 Montrose | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2175484 | 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 632609. 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.







