Vanderbilt, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Corwith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49795. The Survey maps it on the Vanderbilt quadrangle. 498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresVanderbilt fell from 562 to 498 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 | 562 | |
| 2020 | 498 | -64 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Gaylord quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Vanderbilt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Vanderbilt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTSEGO 18 |
| 5 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTSEGO 20 |
| 5 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTSEGO 16 |
| 5 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTSEGO 17 |
| 5 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTSEGO 19 |
| 2 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Vanderbilt: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otsego County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vanderbilt in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderbilt | $50,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were brought down by strong thunderstorm winds around Pickerel Lake. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderbilt | $35,000 | Siding was ripped off the post office in Vanderbilt. Numerous trees were downed, one of which heavily damaged a Vanderbilt home. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderbilt | $7,000 | One utility pole and multiple power lines were downed at the Vanderbilt Area School. Multiple trees were downed at the intersection of Grant and Elm Streets. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderbilt | $1,000 | A large tree was downed near Martindale and Pyke School Roads. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Vanderbilt | - | Nickel sized hail in Corwith Twp via Facebook. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderbilt | - | Numerous trees down, Roof blown off gas station, and exit sign blown over on I-75. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Vanderbilt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Vanderbilt | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderbilt | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Vanderbilt | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Vanderbilt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Timbers | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gaylord | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sparr | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pearll City | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Elmira | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Grove | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Eyedylwild Beach | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Arbutus Beach | 13.6 miles | 16 |
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 Vanderbilt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2611337 | 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 1615504. 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.




