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Commerce, Michigan

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Commerce Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48382. It stands on Hayes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walled Lake quadrangle.

Commerce within Oakland County

On record in Commerce

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

9 surveys from 22 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Commerce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 August 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWALLED LAKE FD 0000573 - 2019
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 192011 - 2019
30 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWALLED LAKE FD 0000644 - 2019
26 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 191895 - 2019
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0001444 - 2019
13 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 191747 - 2019
9 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 201496 - 2020
30 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 191608 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland 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 Commerce: 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lake Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Molesworth Oakland County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portable Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sleeth Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Commerce in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 1997LightningCommerce1 hurtA 34-year-old woman was struck by lightning outside of her home in Commerce Township at 4:45 pm EST. She was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center where she was listed in serious condition.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCommerce$600,000Widespread trees and wires down. Union Lake Golf Course was particularly hurt hard, losing 20 trees.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCommerce$20,000Two large trees were blown down. One tree fell onto a back deck and hot tub and extended into a garage. The other tree destroyed a driveway.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindCommerce$2,000A National Weather Service employee reported trees and wires down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCommerce$1,500Numerous large tree limbs down. A large tree was also reported down |at the Oakland County Complex.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Numerous trees reported down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Large tree reported blown down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Tree blown down onto Commerce Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCommerce-A pear tree was reported blown down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCommerce-A large tree branch was reported down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Numerous large tree limbs reported down.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Trees and wires reported down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCommerce-A large oak tree snapped. A 15 inch diameter dead tree was also downed.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Numerous 6 to 8 inch diameter trees limbs reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Eight to ten inch diameter tree limbs were reported down along Glengary and Wixom Roads.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Large branches up to 10 inches in diameter down around the Commerce area.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Law enforcement reported a tree blown down.
September 2005LightningCommerce-Lightning struck two homes, causing fires in each.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCommerce-Spotters reported large tree limbs blown down.
April 2010HailCommerce-no account filed
September 2006HailCommerce-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Oakley Park1.6 miles22
Glengary1.9 miles19
Wolverine Lake2.5 miles22
Union Lake2.8 miles22
Oxbow3.5 miles21
Westacres3.5 miles22
Walled Lake3.7 miles22
Four Towns4.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623657. 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.