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Sandusky, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sandusky City. It lies in ZIP code area 48471. The Survey maps it on the Sandusky quadrangle. 2,709 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

Sandusky within Sanilac County

Population over time

2 figures

Sandusky grew from 2,679 to 2,709 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
20102,679
20202,709+30 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sandusky between 2012 and 2018, burning about 10 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
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
15 June 2012Natural8.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSANILAC 02
14 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSANDUSKY COMMUNITY FD 0000082 - 2018
14 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARSONVILLE FD 0000021 - 2018
26 October 2015Smokingunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSANILAC 02 - BANNER RD DRY MUCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanilac County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sandusky: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Sandusky Tile and Brick Co.Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Sanilac County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sanilac County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanilac County

Storms near this place

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandusky in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002LightningSandusky$30,000Lightning struck a barn in Watertown Township and set it on fire.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSandusky$25,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSandusky$15,000A local newspaper article included a picture of a large tree blown down on top of a vehicle parked next to a home. A camper and pickup truck were also damaged by the fallen tree. Property damage is roughly estimated at $15K. No injuries were reported.
July 2000LightningSandusky$15,000A lightning strike ignited a fire that partially destroyed a barn.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSandusky$5,000Wires reported down.
June 2002LightningSandusky$5,000Lightning struck a barn and caused minor damage.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSandusky$5,000no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindSandusky$2,000One tree and powerlines reported down.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindSandusky-Trees and wires reported down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSandusky-Trees reported blown down.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSandusky-A large tree was reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindSandusky-Multiple trees reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSandusky-A large tree was reported blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSandusky-A large tree was blown down, causing minor damage to a home on 195 South Jackson Street.
August 2017HailSandusky-no account filed
May 1998HailSandusky-no account filed
May 1998HailSandusky-no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindSandusky-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
Elmer5.3 miles10
Watertown5.5 miles10
Cash5.5 miles10
McGregor6.1 miles10
Juhl7.5 miles9
Snover8.0 miles10
Carsonville8.4 miles10
Laing8.9 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 SanduskyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1966413The 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 637223. 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.