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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.

Sanford within Midland County

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Sanford 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.

YearPeople Change
2010859
2020813-46 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

109 since 1992

Regional 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes2
Smoking2

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
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 10
25 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 09
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLINCOLN TOWNSHIP FD 0000169 - 2019
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 14
28 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOMER TOWNSHIP FD 0000183 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Midland County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ne North Bradley Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Midland County

Storms near this place

27 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Flash FloodSanford$100,000,000The 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 1998Thunderstorm WindSanford$150,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSanford$75,000A 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 2007Thunderstorm WindSanford$60,000A 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 1999Thunderstorm WindSanford$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSanford$7,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSanford$5,000Law 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 2013Thunderstorm WindSanford$2,000Trees and powerlines reported down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSanford-Multiple trees and wires reported down in Jerome Township.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSanford-Numerous power lines down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSanford-Numerous power lines down.
February 2018FloodSanford-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 2008Thunderstorm WindSanford-Large tree limbs and powerlines reported down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSanford-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down at a Junior High School.
January 2005LightningSanford-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 1994Thunderstorm WindSanford-Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindSanford-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large trees down in Sanford, 38 miles northwest of Saginaw.
August 2022HailSanford-no account filed
March 2019FloodSanford-no account filed
July 2007HailSanford-no account filed
July 2007HailSanford-no account filed
July 2007HailSanford-no account filed
May 2001HailSanford-no account filed
August 2000HailSanford-no account filed
August 2000HailSanford-no account filed
June 1999HailSanford-no account filed
April 1996HailSanford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Midland 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
Averill2.1 miles13
Francis Grove3.4 miles13
Olson4.2 miles13
Dice Corners4.2 miles13
Wrights (historical)5.4 miles11
Floyd6.0 miles13
North Bradley6.4 miles13
Hope6.7 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 SanfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2779068The 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.