Anchorville, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Ira Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48023. It stands on Marsac Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Baltimore quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1914 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS New Baltimore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Anchorville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 2 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 453 - 2018 |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BALTIMORE FD 0000743 - 2019 |
| 25 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BALTIMORE FD 0000831 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BALTIMORE FD 623 - 2019 |
| 18 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW HAVEN FIRE/RESCUE 0000355 - 2019 |
| 24 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BALTIMORE FD 579 - 2019 |
| 24 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LENOX TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000303 - 2019 |
| 14 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 302 - 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 Anchorville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engleman's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anchorville in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 1 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2019 | Flood | Anchorville | $11,900,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Lightning | Anchorville | $20,000 | Lightning struck a tree, causing the tree to break and land on top of a house. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anchorville | $10,000 | Trees and powerlines reported down in Ira Township, some of which fell onto houses. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anchorville | $1,000 | Six to nine inch diameter tree limbs were blown down on Church Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anchorville | - | Numerous trees were reported blown down across much of St. Clair county. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anchorville | - | Powerlines were reported down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anchorville | - | Large tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anchorville | - | Spotters reported several trees blown down. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Anchorville | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Flood | Anchorville | - | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Flood | Anchorville | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Flood | Anchorville | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Anchorville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Copeland Corner | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Perch Point | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Casco | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Peters | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Starville | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pearl Beach | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Muttonville | 7.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550369 | 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 1624352. 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.








