Davison, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Davison City. It lies in ZIP code area 48423. The Survey maps it on the Davison quadrangle. 5,143 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
On record in Davison
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 4 records
Barn at 4277 Irish Roadlisted 1982
House at 1339 Cummings Roadlisted 1982
John McAra Houselisted 1982
John Van Buskirk Farm Houselisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresDavison fell from 5,173 to 5,143 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,173 | |
| 2020 | 5,143 | -30 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Davison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Davison between 2018 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 1 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 437 - 2020 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 18269 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0118218 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 19259 - 2019 |
| 12 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 174 - 2020 |
| 7 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 18180 - 2018 |
| 6 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 237 - 2020 |
| 5 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 18179 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Davison: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurtz Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davison in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Hail | Davison | $20,000,000 | Reports of widespread hail damage across Davison, which included car and house damage. |
| June 2006 | Lightning | Davison | $55,000 | A very intense lightning bolt struck a home, causing severe damage. The strike left a hole in the side of one wall and had electrical outlets smoking. Damages were estimated at $15K to the property and $40K to contents. Residents were home but no one was injured. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | $15,000 | Numerous large trees limbs were reported down along with power lines. |
| September 2005 | Lightning | Davison | $15,000 | Lightning struck a home in the Continental North mobile home park, causing a fire in the roof. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | $5,000 | A steel flag pole was bent, along with damage to a roof. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | $3,000 | Two to three foot diameter tree reported down on a house, along with downed power lines. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | Tree reported down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | Several trees downed along with power lines and tree branches. Flint area also had one tree reported down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | Numerous wires down on roads. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Davison | - | Reports of baseball size hail in Davison. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | Trees reported down. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | Multiple trees and power lines reported down. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Davison | - | Richfield Road was washed out. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | A 1 foot diameter tree reported blown down. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | A tree was reported down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | A tree was snapped in half. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | A trained spotter measured a 74 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | Numerous tree limbs were reported down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | A local newspaper reported a tree blown down on a power line along Irish Rd, just south of Potter Rd. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | A spotter reported a wind gust of 60 mph in the community of Davison. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Davison | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Davison | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Davison | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Davison | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Davison | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Davison | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Davison | - | no account filed |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davison | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield Center | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Belsay | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lapeer Heights | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Russellville | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Burton | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Atlas | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Rogersville | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Genesee | 7.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Davison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2644347 | 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 624356. 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.







