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Chilson, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Genoa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48116. The Survey maps it on the Brighton quadrangle.

Chilson within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Chilson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
11 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIGHTON AREA FD 0001398 - 2019
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIGHTON AREA FD 0001080 - 2018
11 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIGHTON AREA FD 0001087 - 2018
1 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIGHTON AREA FD 0001026 - 2019
4 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIGHTON AREA FD 0000849 - 2019
17 June 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0000656 - 2019
3 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chilson: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Coal Shale Clay PitClayPast Producer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

10 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chilson in 10 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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
June 2023HailChilson$500,000no account filed
August 2013Tornado (EF0)Chilson$10,000Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and snapped. Minor siding damage was also observed with this EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 80 mph. The tornado touched down near the Brighton Road and Timberline Lane intersection, tracking southeast and lifting just past the Welle Road and Hamell Road intersection.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindChilson-Trees reported down on road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindChilson-A large tree fell onto the road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindChilson-A large tree was reported down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindChilson-The top of a small tree was blown off.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindChilson-Tree reported down on road.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindChilson-Trees were reported down.
July 2024HailChilson-no account filed
August 2013HailChilson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Parishfield2.7 miles19
Pettysville3.6 miles19
Brighton4.3 miles13
Lakeland4.5 miles19
Hamburg6.3 miles19
Howell6.6 miles13
Pinckney6.6 miles19
Anderson8.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623199. 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.