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Davisburg, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Springfield Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48350. The Survey maps it on the Davisburg quadrangle. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Davisburg within Oakland County

On record in Davisburg

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

15 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Davisburg between 2003 and 2020, burning about 24 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 use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 798 - 2020
20 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 662 - 2018
7 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGROVELAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000707 - 2018
15 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 552 - 2019
17 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 467 - 2018
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 326 - 2019
25 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 419 - 2018
1 May 2018Natural4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLLY FD 0000242 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Davisburg: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Sebewaing Limekiln MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Andersonville Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buffalo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buffalo Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buffalo Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kurtz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-City Aggregates Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

3 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davisburg in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDavisburg$1,000A couple trees were reported blown down, along with several large tree limbs.
October 2021Tornado (EF0)Davisburg-Damage included: numerous large tree limbs broken off, few small trees uprooted, and very minor siding damage to two homes. Max winds were estimated at 65 mph.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDavisburg-Several trees were reported down.

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
Andersonville3.0 miles21
Austin Corners3.0 miles17
Springfield3.6 miles21
Jossman Acres3.8 miles13
White Lake4.2 miles18
Rose Center4.3 miles18
Groveland Corners4.4 miles17
Holly5.3 miles14

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 Q136346259The 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 624352. 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.