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Cady, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Clinton Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48035. It stands on Faulman Drain. The Survey maps it on the Mount Clemens West quadrangle.

Cady within Macomb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

65 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Cady between 2018 and 2020, burning about 67 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 use37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning9
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0011757 - 2019
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0009868 - 2019
9 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST CLAIR SHORES FD 4796 - 2019
9 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0009742 - 2019
23 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFRASER DPS-FIRE DIVISION 1270-20 - 2020
21 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFRASER DPS-FIRE DIVISION 20-1256 - 2020
1 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0009420 - 2019
7 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0004123 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cady: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
General Electric Co--Warren, Mich.TantalumPast Producer
Jones & Laughlin--Warren, Mich.IronProducer
East Gass'sS Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Marsack Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vergote Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Warren Brick Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cady in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodCady$100,000Flooded roadways were reported, especially around 13 Mile Road and Groesbeck Highway. Cars were stranded due to the flood waters.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCady$1,000A 24 inch diameter tree was reported down around 14 mile and Groesbeck Roads.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCady-Numerous reports of trees downed in Sterling Heights, including one down at Mark Sawyers Family Park.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCady-Roof torn off a mobile home.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCady-Small branches were reported down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCady-A trained spotter estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCady-A couple large tree limbs were reported blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCady-A large maple tree was blown down. The tree knocked out power and landed on a house.
July 2012HailCady-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fraser1.7 miles18
Clinton3.0 miles18
Broad Acres3.4 miles18
Sterling Heights3.8 miles18
Roseville4.6 miles19
Warren4.7 miles20
Mount Clemens5.2 miles18
Utica5.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622436. 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.