Morenci, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Morenci City. It lies in ZIP code area 49256. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morenci quadrangle. 2,270 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in Morenci
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
Murray D. Van Wagoner Memorial Bridgelisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresMorenci grew from 2,220 to 2,270 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 | 2,220 | |
| 2020 | 2,270 | +50 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1911 USGS Wauseon quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Wauseon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Wauseon quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Morenci quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Morenci in 2019, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP VFD 0000045 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000064 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP VFD 0000044 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000066 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000063 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000061 - 2019 |
| 17 January 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000007 - 2019 |
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 Morenci: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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.Brick and Tile Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morenci in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Lightning | Morenci | $150,000 | Lightning ignited a barn. The fire completely destroyed the barn and the contents inside it; including a truck, a tractor, a grain truck, a travel trailer, lawn mowers and tools. Firefighters managed to save the house next to the barn. The house sustained only minor damage. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | $80,000 | Strong straight-line winds associated with a thunderstorm destroyed five mobile homes in a campground. Extenseive damage was done to the roof of a house when a large tree fell on the roof. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | $60,000 | Local media reported trees and wires. A garage and car were also damaged. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | $30,000 | Numerous trees and power lines reported down. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Morenci | $18,000 | A barn burned to the ground after being struck by lightning. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | $10,000 | Many trees were uprooted. A church also sustained roof and brick damage. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | $10,000 | Thunderstorms moved east along a warm front in far southern Michigan. One of these became briefly severe, downing trees in the Morenci area. |
| April 1999 | Lightning | Morenci | $7,000 | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | $2,000 | Several power lines reported down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | - | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in Morenci. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | - | Multiple trees reported down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | - | Local law enforcement reported a wire blown down. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Morenci | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Morenci | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Morenci | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Morenci | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Morenci | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Morenci | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morenci | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Morenci | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Morenci | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Seneca | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Canandaigua | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Munson | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Medina | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lime Creek | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Weston | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sand Creek | 9.6 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 Morenci | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1947558 | 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 632677. 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.







