Yale, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Yale City. It lies in ZIP code area 48097. It stands on Thompson Drain. The Survey maps it on the Yale quadrangle. 1,903 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
On record in Yale
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 1 record
James McColl Houselisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresYale fell from 1,955 to 1,903 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 | 1,955 | |
| 2020 | 1,903 | -52 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Yale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Yale between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BROCKWAY TOWNSHIP FD 020-154 - 2020 |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | YALE FD 018-039 - 2018 |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | YALE FD 018-037 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KENOCKEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000076 - 2018 |
| 3 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BROCKWAY TOWNSHIP FD 020-049 - 2020 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPEAKER TOWNSHIP FD 0000015 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KENOCKEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000070 - 2018 |
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 Yale: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Clair County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yale in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Lightning | Yale | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Flood | Yale | $300,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Yale | $50,000 | Central dispatch reported numerous roads closed and washed out. There was a substantial amount of flooding in Burtchville, Fort Gratiot, and the northeastern townships. Up to 100 homes received some form of flood damage, as the rain overwhelmed the drainage system. |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Yale | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | $20,000 | A large tree fell onto a home, damaging part of the roof. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | $8,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Yale | $5,000 | A tornado touched down in the area of Bricker and Yale Road. One roof was damaged, along with numerous trees blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | $3,000 | A trained spotter reported a utility pole down. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | - | Numerous trees and power lines down in Yale. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | - | Numerous trees reported down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | - | A trained weather spotter reported trees blown on the power lines. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | - | St Clair County Central Dispatch reported that power lines were blown down in thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Yale | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yale | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Yale | - | 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.
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 Yale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2295845 | 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 1625031. 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.



