Dearborn, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dearborn City. It lies in ZIP code area 48126. The Survey maps it on the Dearborn quadrangle. 109,976 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
On record in Dearborn
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 9 records
Fair LaneNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Ford River Rouge ComplexNational Historic Landmark · listed 1978
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford MuseumNational Historic Landmark · listed 1969
Commandant's Quarterslisted 1970
Dearborn City Hall Complexlisted 2014
Dearborn Inn and Colonial Homeslisted 1982
Springwells Park Historic Districtlisted 2015
US 12 Bridgeslisted 2000- Dearborn Country Clublisted 2025
Population over time
2 figuresDearborn grew from 98,153 to 109,976 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 | 98,153 | |
| 2020 | 109,976 | +11,823 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1905 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
122 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Dearborn between 2018 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033175 - 2018 |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032111 - 2019 |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032054 - 2019 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEARBORN FD 0010923 - 2018 |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0031432 - 2019 |
| 28 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0035675 - 2018 |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0007107 - 2019 |
| 19 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033618 - 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 Dearborn: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Calcium, Salt, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Mine | Salt | Producer | ||
| Detroit Salt Mine | Halite | Producer | 1895, 1910 | |
| Wr Grace Zonolite Div | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Clippert Brick and Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Detroit Lime Co Calcining Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Ford Clay Pit and Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| River Rouge Limekiln | Calcium | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dearborn in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | $25,000 | A trained spotter reported very large tree limbs blown down on some cars and vans near Telegraph and Eureka. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | $22,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Dearborn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | $2,500 | Local Media reported several trees and large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | $2,000 | A large tree was reported down, along with power lines. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | Trees reported down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | Multiple trees downed, uprooted, and snapped. Several large tree limbs downed as well with some falling onto a home. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | A trained spotter reported a large tree snapped in half. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | A trained spotter estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | A trained spotter reported two large tree branches down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | The local media reported wires down. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dearborn | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Dearborn | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dearborn | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Dearborn | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearborn | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Dearborn | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Dearborn | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Dearborn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melvindale | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Greenfield Village | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Delray | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| River Rouge | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Wayne | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Allen Park | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Lincoln Park | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Oak | 5.1 miles | 21 |
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 Dearborn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q430464 | 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 624432. 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.












