Coldwater

Sister cities

• Soltau

History

American settlers first moved into the area around 1830, with many arriving from New York and New England. Coldwater was incorporated as a village in 1837, and then incorporated by the legislature as a city in 1861. It was designated in 1842 as the county seat of Branch County.

Geography

The Coldwater River flows into the city from the south, originating from Coldwater Lake. The Coldwater chain of lakes also has an outlet called the Sauk River, which flows from its north end (near Quincy) and then through the south side of the city of Coldwater. Both combine to form a series of shallow, connected lakes on the city's west side. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Under the Köppen climate classification Coldwater has a humid continental climate that is borderline between categories Dfa (hot summer) and Dfb (long, warm summer). National Weather Service records show that average January temperatures are a maximum of and a minimum of . Average July temperatures are a maximum of and a minimum of . There are an average of 7.4 afternoons with highs of or higher and an average of 136.2 days with lows of or lower. The record high temperature of was on July 24, 1934, and the record low temperature was on January 31, 2019. }}

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  878
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  778
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  766
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  718
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  700
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  680
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  590
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  575

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2024-12-29
  1 km SSE of Hicksville, Ohio
• M 3.3 — 2015-06-30
  5 km NNE of Burlington, Michigan
• M 4.2 — 2015-05-02
  5 km S of Galesburg, Michigan
• M 3 — 2012-01-26
  5 km NE of Topeka, Indiana