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Port Huron, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Port Huron City. It lies in ZIP code area 48060. It stands on Black River. The Survey maps it on the Port Huron quadrangle. 28,983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.

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Port Huron within St. Clair County

On record in Port Huron

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 12 records

Population over time

3 figures

Port Huron grew from 4,371 to 28,983 between 1860 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
18604,371
201030,184
202028,983-1,201 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

14 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Port Huron between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 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 use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
17 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORT HURON FD 2223 - 2019
13 August 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORT HURON FD 2176 - 2019
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 607 - 2020
5 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORT HURON FD 1413 - 2020
5 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2020
14 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORT HURON FD 0001515 - 2018
8 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFORT GRATIOT FD 1800480 - 2018
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORT HURON FD 0001175 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Port Huron: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
Morton Salt Co--Marysville, Mich.SaltPast Producer
Morton Salt Co--Port Huron, Mich.SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

48 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Huron in 48 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2021FloodPort Huron$550,000At least 20 houses were reported to be impacted with flooding, with major damage occurring to 3 of houses.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$175,000Dozens of trees and power lines were reported blown down. Trees blocked roads and at least two fell onto houses.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$75,000Trees and wires reported down across St. Clair County.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$50,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power poles down in Fort Gratiot, covering a 2 square mile area between Keewahdin and Carrigan Roads. Several homes received damage from falling trees. No one was injured. Total property damages were estimated at roughly $50K.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$50,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and caused widespread power outages.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$18,000no account filed
December 1998Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$10,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$8,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$6,000A tree fell onto a car.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$5,000Several trees reported down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$5,000A large tree limb, about 2 feet in circumference, crashed into a minivan, severing a power line on its way down.
June 1998LightningPort Huron$5,000no account filed
June 2006LightningPort Huron$2,000A local newspaper reported that a utility pole was struck by lightning on Lakeshore Road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$1,500Large tree branches where reported blown down, one of which landed on a the rear of a car.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPort Huron$1,000Large tree limbs reported down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-A two foot diameter tree reported blown down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Numerous roads were closed due to downed trees and powerlines over southern Port Huron.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-A house suffered roof damage.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-A large tree limb was reported blown down.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Large tree limbs and power lines reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Several large trees and tree limbs blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Several trees reported blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Trees reported blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Trees down along Gratiot Avenue.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-A trained spotter recorded a measured wind gust of 65 mph.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-A trained spotter reported large limbs down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Trained spotter reported large limbs down near Port Huron.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Law enforcement reported trees blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Large tree limbs were reported blown down.
September 2005LightningPort Huron-Lightning knocked out the county dispatch radio system. Trees also caught fire from lightning strikes.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-Numerous trees and large limbs were reported down. Power lines were also reported down along 11th Avenue.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-A large tree fell over utility lines near 10th Avenue and Hancock Street. Power was knocked out to area neighborhoods and some traffic signals.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-A 60 MPH wind gust was measured by the Coast Guard.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPort Huron-A newspaper reported that a large tree was blown over in thunderstorms winds and landed next to an apartment building, tearing the electrical service box from the building.
September 2019HailPort Huron-no account filed
August 2016HailPort Huron-no account filed
June 2008HailPort Huron-no account filed
June 2008HailPort Huron-no account filed
June 2008HailPort Huron-no account filed
June 2006HailPort Huron-no account filed
May 2006HailPort Huron-no account filed
May 2006HailPort Huron-no account filed
May 2006HailPort Huron-no account filed
July 2000HailPort Huron-no account filed
May 1998HailPort Huron-no account filed
August 1997HailPort Huron-no account filed
June 1996HailPort Huron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
South Park2.6 miles15
Tappan3.1 miles15
Keewahdin4.9 miles10
Marysville5.2 miles15
Sparlingville5.2 miles12
Gardendale5.9 miles10
Wadhams6.1 miles12
West Tappan6.3 miles12

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 Port HuronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1000222The 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 1624839. 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.