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Delray, Michigan

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Detroit City. It lies in ZIP code area 48209. It lies near Zug Island. The Survey maps it on the Detroit quadrangle.

Delray within Wayne County

On record in Delray

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

91 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Delray between 2018 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 10 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 burning33
Equipment and vehicle use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony4
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
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEARBORN FD 0010923 - 2018
3 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0031432 - 2019
28 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0035675 - 2018
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAYLOR FD 0007107 - 2019
23 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0034275 - 2019
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0033618 - 2019
15 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0033077 - 2019
7 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0028065 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Delray: 7 producers, 3 past producers. 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cummings-Moore GraphiteGraphiteProducer
Detroit MineSaltProducer
Detroit Salt MineHaliteProducer1895, 1910
Mclouth Steel Gibralter Roll'G MillIronProducer
Stroble Primary Aluminum PlantAluminumPast Producer
Wr Grace Zonolite DivVermiculiteProducer
Clippert Brick and Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Detroit Lime Co Calcining PlantCalciumProducer
Ford Clay Pit and MineClayPast Producer
River Rouge LimekilnCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Fort Wayne1.1 miles22
River Rouge1.8 miles20
Melvindale3.2 miles20
Dearborn3.7 miles20
Ecorse3.9 miles19
Detroit4.5 miles22
Lincoln Park4.5 miles20
Allen Park5.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617006. 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.