Bullet Basics 1- Caliber. W hen a bullet is submitted for comparison to a firearm, one of the first examinations conducted will be to determine the bullet's caliber. Caliber is a term used to indicate the diameter of a bullet in hundredths of an inch.
The formal boundaries for the City of Sterling Heights (see map below) encompass a land area of 36.51 sq. miles and a water area of 0.29 sq. miles. Macomb County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5). The elevation is 614 feet. The City of Sterling Heights (GNIS ID: 1627126) has a C5 Census Class Code which indicates an active incorporated place that is independent of any county subdivision and serves as a county subdivision equivalent.
The Sterling Census Designated Place had a population of 28,561 as of July 1, 2015. Sterling ranks in the upper quartile for Population Density and Diversity Index when compared to the other cities, towns and Census Designated Places (CDPs) in Virginia. See peer rankings below. The primary coordinate point for Sterling is located at latitude 39.0047 and longitude -77.4054 in Loudoun County.