Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sault Ste. Marie City. It lies in ZIP code area 49783. It stands on Ashmun Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle. 13,337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
On record in Sault Sainte Marie
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 12 of 15 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
U.S. Weather Bureau BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.5 miles away
First United Presbyterian Churchlisted 1984 · 0.1 miles away
Saint James' Episcopal Churchlisted 1998 · 0.1 miles away
Central Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1984 · 0.2 miles away
Chippewa County Courthouselisted 1984 · 0.2 miles away
Adams Buildinglisted 2010 · 0.2 miles away
Gowan Blocklisted 2010 · 0.2 miles away
St. Mary's Pro-Cathedrallisted 1984 · 0.3 miles away
Old Fort Bradylisted 1971 · 0.3 miles away
Federal Buildinglisted 1977 · 0.3 miles away
John Johnston Houselisted 1970 · 0.4 miles away
S.S. VALLEY CAMPlisted 1972 · 0.6 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSault Sainte Marie fell from 14,144 to 13,337 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 | 14,144 | |
| 2020 | 13,337 | -807 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1913 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:63360
- 1951 USGS Sault Ste. Marie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sault Sainte Marie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 151 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOO TOWNSHIP FD 0031-19 - 2019 |
| 22 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP VFD 2016006 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGONQUIN |
| 5 May 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAST 5 MILE |
| 27 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOO TOWNSHIP FD 0011-20 - 2020 |
| 21 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sault Sainte Marie: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beadle's Brick Yard Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Montero Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| C G Sanderson No. 1 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City Limits Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fornicola Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gordon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| I L Whitehead Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Montero Excavating Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Osborn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Superior Estates | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gardenville | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shallows | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Baie de Wasai | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Brassar | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Rosedale | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Dafter | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Payment | 11.1 miles | 11 |
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 Sault Sainte Marie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986634 | 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 637276. 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.








