Warren, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Warren City. It lies in ZIP code area 48093. The Survey maps it on the Highland Park quadrangle. 139,387 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
On record in Warren
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 2 records
General Motors Technical CenterNational Historic Landmark · listed 2000
Warren Township District No. 4 Schoollisted 2012
Population over time
2 figuresWarren grew from 134,056 to 139,387 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 | 134,056 | |
| 2020 | 139,387 | +5,331 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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 Detroit quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Warren between 2018 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 11 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033121 - 2018 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON HEIGHTS FD 3248 - 2018 |
| 24 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034344 - 2019 |
| 23 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0011757 - 2019 |
| 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 |
| 29 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CENTER LINE DPS 0009969 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Warren: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Salt, Tantalum, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Electric Co--Warren, Mich. | Tantalum | Past Producer | ||
| Jones & Laughlin--Warren, Mich. | Iron | Producer | ||
| Port Huron Salt Co. | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Alliance Brick Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| East Gass'sS Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Warren Brick Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warren in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Lightning | Warren | 1 hurt | Lightning struck the ground at an athletic field as kids were rushing to leave soccer practice. One boy close to the strike was thrown to the ground. He was not seriously hurt, though he stayed overnight at a local hospital for precautionary reasons. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | $5,800,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Warren | $250,000 | Lightning caused major damage to a house on Arden Street in Warren. The bolt hit the house and a tree next to it, starting the house on fire and collapsing the roof. Total damages were estimated at $250K. |
| September 2008 | Flood | Warren | $50,000 | The Clinton River in Clinton Township crested at 18.32 feet during the evening of September 14th, while the Clinton River near Mount Clemens crested at 16.16 feet during the morning hours of September 16th. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | $4,000 | Two trees were blown down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | A tree was blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | Numerous trees reported down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | A power pole was reported down. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | A trained spotter reported trees down in Warren. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | A trained spotter estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | Trained spotter measured a wind gust of 75 MPH. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | A trained weather spotter reported 5 inch tree limbs down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | The public reported a couple large trees blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Warren | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Warren | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Line | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Eastpointe | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Roseville | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Fraser | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cady | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sterling Heights | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| St. Clair Shores | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Broad Acres | 6.5 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 Warren | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q499401 | 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 1615781. 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.












