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Dexter, Michigan

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Dexter City. It lies in ZIP code area 48130. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle. 4,500 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 869 feet above sea level.

Dexter within Washtenaw County

On record in Dexter

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Dexter grew from 4,067 to 4,500 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,067
20204,500+433 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

18 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Dexter between 2018 and 2020, burning about 28 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural1

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
6 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 0821457 - 2018
28 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 0823523 - 2018
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000629 - 2018
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000695 - 2018
22 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000688 - 2018
8 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 19500 - 2019
16 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000576 - 2018
7 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 200301 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dexter: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
State Portland Cement Plnt Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dunston Pit No 8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pleasant Hills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dexter in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 31 thunderstorm wind, 15 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDexter$25,000Several trees were reported down, including one which fell onto a road. A car subsequently crashed into the fallen tree, causing 1 fatality.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDexter$25,000Numerous trees and powerlines reported down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDexter$25,000Tree fell onto a car at Huron River Drive and North Territorial.
September 2008LightningDexter$21,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDexter$20,000A local newspaper article reported that the top 20 feet of a tree was blown down, crashing through the roof and into the kitchen of a home on Dolph Drive near Jackson Road. The residents of the home narrowly escaped injury. Property damage was roughly estimated at $20K.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindDexter$20,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDexter$15,000A local newspaper article reported a tree blown down across Newport Road near M-14 and another larger tree, about 3 feet in diameter, blown down on part of a house being renovated. No injuries were reported. Property damage was roughly estimated at $15K.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDexter$10,000Several trees were blown down. One landed on a house.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDexter$10,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindDexter$5,000Tress blown down onto a vehicle.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDexter$5,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDexter$3,000The public reported large trees down. The high winds also lifted and flipped a pontoon boat.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDexter-Power lines reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindDexter-Two ten inch diameter trees down, one down on a vehicle.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDexter-Spotter estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDexter-Power lines reported down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDexter-A trained spotter reported trees 10 to 12 inches in diameter uprooted.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDexter-Emergency management reported a large tree down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDexter-A trained spotter measured a 60 MPH wind gust.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDexter-A local nespaper article reported that 3 trees that had blown down were removed from area roadways and seven others were attended to as well.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindDexter-Spotters reported that several large tree limbs were blow down in thunderstorm winds.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDexter-The public reported trees down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindDexter-Several 8 inch diameter trees were blown down.
April 1994HailDexter-Skywarn spotters reported hail to 0.75 inch in both Dexter and Whitemore Lake.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDexter-Tree limbs were blown down by 60 mph winds three miles west of Dexter.
June 2023HailDexter-no account filed
June 2021HailDexter-no account filed
March 2019HailDexter-no account filed
August 2013HailDexter-no account filed
March 2012HailDexter-no account filed
March 2012HailDexter-no account filed
March 2012HailDexter-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDexter-no account filed
May 2003HailDexter-no account filed
May 2003HailDexter-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindDexter-no account filed
April 2001HailDexter-no account filed
July 2001HailDexter-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindDexter-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDexter-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindDexter-no account filed
May 1997HailDexter-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindDexter-no account filed
September 1996HailDexter-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDexter-no account filed
July 1994HailDexter-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDexter-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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
Scio2.8 miles17
Hudson Mills3.7 miles19
Delhi Mills4.1 miles17
Fourmile Lake4.2 miles19
Dover4.6 miles19
Lima Center4.7 miles19
Foster5.9 miles17
Webster5.9 miles19

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 DexterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2795199The 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 624624. 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.