St. Clair Shores, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Clair Shores City. It lies in ZIP code area 48081. The Survey maps it on the Grosse Pointe quadrangle. 58,874 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSt. Clair Shores fell from 59,715 to 58,874 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 | 59,715 | |
| 2020 | 58,874 | -841 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1905 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1905 USGS Grossepoint quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Grosse Pointe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Lake St. Clair South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of St. Clair Shores between 2018 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 2 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 use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EASTPOINTE FIRE/RESCUE 0003704 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EASTPOINTE FIRE/RESCUE 3373 - 2020 |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST CLAIR SHORES FD 4796 - 2019 |
| 30 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST CLAIR SHORES FD 0005454 - 2018 |
| 23 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRASER DPS-FIRE DIVISION 1270-20 - 2020 |
| 21 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRASER DPS-FIRE DIVISION 20-1256 - 2020 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST CLAIR SHORES FD 4819 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLINTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0006961 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of St. Clair Shores: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Gass'sS Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Marsack Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Port Huron Salt Co. | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names St. Clair Shores in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | St. Clair Shores | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down with 60 mph winds near St. Clair shores. |
| July 1994 | Hail | St Clair Shores | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseville | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Broad Acres | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Eastpointe | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Fraser | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeside | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cady | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Warren | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Clinton | 6.4 miles | 18 |
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 St. Clair Shores | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1022954 | 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 636601. 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.










