Clifton Mill, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Washington Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48095. The Survey maps it on the Romeo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Clifton Mill between 2018 and 2019, burning about 14 acres in total. 3 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0001083 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001820 - 2018 |
| 9 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000957 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001486 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000975 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 188 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000565 - 2019 |
| 12 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000749 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clifton Mill: 7 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Compton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Great Lakes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holloway Oakland County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Natural Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Romeo Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sees Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Romeo | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Washington | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Rudgate East Company Mobile Home Park | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Disco | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Preston Corners | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Davis | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Shelby | 8.4 miles | 18 |
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 Q122552656 | 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 1617492. 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.







