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Dover, Michigan

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Dexter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48130. It lies near Peach Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pinckney quadrangle.

Dover within Washtenaw County

On record in Dover

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

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

20 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Dover between 2018 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2

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
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000639 - 2018
26 July 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPUTNAM TOWNSHIP FD 0000339 - 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
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000470 - 2018
17 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHAMBURG TOWNSHIP FD 0000539 - 2018
1 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHAMBURG TOWNSHIP FD 0000459 - 2018
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 1900374 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dover: 1 producer. 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
Bennett No 12 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDover1 hurtSeveral large trees reported down, including one that fell onto a house.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDover-Multiple tree limbs and power lines down.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindDover-Multiple trees reported blown down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDover-Trees reported down.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindDover-Two foot diameter tree limbs reported blown down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindDover-Six inch diameter trees blown down.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindDover-A large tree was reported blown down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDover-A trained spotter reported trees down.
September 2017HailDover-no account filed
September 2017HailDover-no account filed
May 2015HailDover-no account filed
May 2015HailDover-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
Hudson Mills1.1 miles19
Dexter4.6 miles19
Webster5.6 miles19
Fourmile Lake6.1 miles19
Scio6.5 miles17
Delhi Mills7.3 miles17
Lima Center7.8 miles19
Lanewood7.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617530. 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.