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Cherry Hill, Michigan

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Canton Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48187. The Survey maps it on the Denton quadrangle.

Cherry Hill within Wayne County

On record in Cherry Hill

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

24 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Hill between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
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
13 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0006436 - 2019
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0005507 - 2019
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0005396 - 2019
18 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALEM TOWNSHIP FD 190403 - 2019
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0004628 - 2018
15 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLYMOUTH COMMUNITY FD 0001614 - 2019
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0002536 - 2018
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000516 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cherry Hill: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherry Hill in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2015LightningCherry Hill$300,000no account filed
July 2019Flash FloodCherry Hill$250,000A quick 2 to 4 inches of rain fell causing flash flooding.
August 2023Tornado (EF0)Cherry Hill$100,000The weak tornado touched down just northwest of Pheasant Run Golf course and tracked southeast. Dozens of trees were downed and uprooted. The tornado continued southeast, tracking across Summit Parkway and Canton Center Road, bringing down large limbs in the process. As the tornado reached Sheldon Road, trees were sheared and hardwood tree fell onto a house. Maximum winds were estimated to be 80 mph. The tornado dissipated just north of the Lower River Rouge.
May 2011FloodCherry Hill$100,000Numerous streets and homes flooded across the county.
July 2019FloodCherry Hill-Flood waters took several hours to recede.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-Two small trees were reported blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-Trees and power lines reported down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
September 2015HailCherry Hill-no account filed
July 2011HailCherry Hill-no account filed
July 2011HailCherry Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Canton2.9 miles20
Denton3.4 miles24
Sheldon3.9 miles20
Plymouth5.7 miles20
Belleville North6.4 miles19
Edgewater Heights7.2 miles20
Westland7.3 miles20
Belleville7.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623159. 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.