Deerfield Center, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Deerfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48451. The Survey maps it on the Hartland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1907 USGS Howell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Howell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hartland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Deerfield Center between 1993 and 2019, burning about 50 acres in total. None 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000873 - 2018 |
| 18 June 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTLAND AREA FD 0000402 - 2018 |
| 13 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARGENTINE TWP FIRE\RESCUE 0000209 - 2018 |
| 8 May 1993 | Smoking | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTLAND AREA FD 0000283 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTLAND AREA FD 0000290 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000467 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTLAND AREA FD 0000203 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Deerfield Center: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deerfield Center in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | $1,000 | Eighteen inch diameter trees were reported down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | Several trees reported blown down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | Multiple large trees reported down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | Multiple trees reported down. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | Multiple trees and large tree limbs down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | Large tree limbs reported blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | A tree was reported blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | A tree was blown onto a house. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | Large tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which downed small tree branches. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | Three Small Trees were reported blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deerfield Center | - | A trained spotter measured an 82 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Deerfield Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cohoctah | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Parshallville | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cohoctah Center | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hartland | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hallers Corners | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Howell | 9.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624497. 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.






