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Disco, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Shelby Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48316. It stands on Shooke Drain. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle.

Disco within Macomb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

55 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Disco between 2018 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
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
25 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005784 - 2018
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0002381 - 2019
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005593 - 2018
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001684 - 2019
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0003374 - 2019
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001517 - 2019
13 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001820 - 2018
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0002731 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Disco: 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Macomb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morgan Number 1 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

39 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Disco in 39 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
November 2005LightningDisco2 hurt, $225,000Lightning struck a home located in the 55000 block of Ashbrooke Drive in the Northwest corner of Shelby Township. The strike blew up the mantle in the living room. The flying debris caused minor injuries to two school aged children. A fire broke out and spread from the living room to the basement. The Fire Department estimated damages between 200K and 250K.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDisco$5,000Numerous trees and power lines reported down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDisco$2,000Numerous trees were reported down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDisco$2,000Twelve inch diameter trees were reported blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDisco$1,000Numerous trees reported down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDisco$1,000Tree limbs and a tree reported down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindDisco-Pine tree uprooted and small tree limb downed.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDisco-Two trees uprooted near 24 mile Rd and Dequindre Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDisco-Two large trees blown down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDisco-Several trees and power lines reported down around Shelby Township.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDisco-Numerous large tree limbs reported down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDisco-A large tree branch fell onto a roof.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDisco-Large tree limb reported down on a house.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDisco-Trees reported blown down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindDisco-Two large trees reported blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDisco-One ten inch diameter tree limb reported down, with additional smaller branches downed.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindDisco-Twelve inch diameter tree limbs reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDisco-Tree branches were reported down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDisco-A tree was reported blown down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDisco-Numerous branches and a tree was reported blown down.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindDisco-Several large tree limbs blown down along Shelby Road between 23 and 24 Mile roads.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindDisco-Tree limbs were reported down.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindDisco-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust which brought down small tree branches.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDisco-Broadcast media reported a tree blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDisco-A trained spotter estimated a 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDisco-Numerous branches were reported blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDisco-Tree limbs were reported blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDisco-A trained spotter recorded a 75 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which caused large tree limbs to be blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDisco-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDisco-A trained spotter reported trees blown down.
August 2017Flash FloodDisco-no account filed
July 2014HailDisco-no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindDisco-no account filed
August 2010HailDisco-no account filed
June 2009HailDisco-no account filed
April 2008HailDisco-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDisco-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDisco-no account filed
July 2004HailDisco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb 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
Shelby0.9 miles18
Preston Corners2.3 miles17
Rudgate East Company Mobile Home Park2.4 miles18
Washington2.8 miles18
Utica4.0 miles18
Macomb4.2 miles17
Mount Vernon4.9 miles18
Davis5.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624694. 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.