Sanford, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jerome Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48657. It stands on Salt River. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle. 813 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
On record in Sanford
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- North Saginaw Road-Salt River Bridgelisted 1999 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSanford fell from 859 to 813 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 | 859 | |
| 2020 | 813 | -46 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Sanford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 10 |
| 25 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 09 |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LINCOLN TOWNSHIP FD 0000169 - 2019 |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 14 |
| 28 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOMER TOWNSHIP FD 0000183 - 2018 |
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 Sanford: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ne North Bradley Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanford in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Sanford | $100,000,000 | The Sanford Dam failed due to the failure of the Edenville Dam upstream in response to widespread heavy rain. This lead to historic flooding along the Tittabawassee River as the river stage at Midland reached 35.05 feet on May 20th. Approximately 1000 buildings or homes were severely damaged or destroyed, with about 1500 homes or buildings being affected or suffering minor flood damage in total across Midland County. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $75,000 | A National Weather Service field survey confirmed that straight line winds as high as 70 MPH blew down numerous large trees. At least 10 homes on Peterson Drive suffered damage from falling trees, some suffering heavy damage. Total damages to the homes were estimated at roughly $75K. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $60,000 | A National Weather Service field survey confirmed that straight line winds as high as 80 MPH blew down numerous large trees, including 10 huge oak trees on M-30 near Dague Road. These trees caused significant damages after falling on one family's home, pole barn, car and truck. Total damages were estimated at $60K. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported a large tree down on a house. Damages to the home were minor. Many trees and power lines were down in the heavily populated area off North West River Road next to Sanford Lake. Power lines had to be pulled from several homes. Total damages were estimated at roughly $5K. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines reported down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | - | Multiple trees and wires reported down in Jerome Township. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | - | Numerous power lines down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | - | Numerous power lines down. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Sanford | - | Over a dozen roads were closed due to flooding. The Tittabawassee River at Midland reached moderate flood stage, peaking at 27.52 feet on February 22nd at 630 AM EST. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | - | Large tree limbs and powerlines reported down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | - | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down at a Junior High School. |
| January 2005 | Lightning | Sanford | - | A bolt of lightning struck a substation near Price Road east of Sanford around 1130 AM, knocking out power to 967 Consumers Energy customers. Power was restored after about 90 minutes. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | - | Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large trees down in Sanford, 38 miles northwest of Saginaw. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flood | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sanford | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sanford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Averill | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Francis Grove | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Olson | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dice Corners | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wrights (historical) | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Floyd | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| North Bradley | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hope | 6.7 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 Sanford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2779068 | 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 637235. 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.







