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Duffield, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gaines Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48473. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Durand quadrangle.

Duffield within Genesee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

13 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Duffield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 42 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDURAND FD 0200015 - 2019
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVERNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000048 - 2018
19 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP FD 0000169 - 2018
1 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVENICE TOWNSHIP FD 0000030 - 2018
9 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP FD 0000084 - 2019
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSWARTZ CREEK AREA FD 0000036 - 2019
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSWARTZ CREEK AREA FD 0000037 - 2019
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUNDY TOWNSHIP FD 2019098 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Duffield: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Fred Mccann Clay PitClayPast Producer
Blinja & Hammond Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holloway Sand & Gravel Co., Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lennon Sand and Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duffield in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2011Flash FloodDuffield$100,000Estimated rainfall of at least 2 to 4 inches caused water over roads and flooded properties.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDuffield-Several limbs and trees were down, and trees were uprooted in western Genesee along Grand Blanc Road to Seymour Road.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDuffield-Two trees reported down, along with a flag pole bent.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDuffield-Large tree limbs were reported down.
May 2011HailDuffield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
Gaines3.8 miles14
Swartz Creek4.7 miles13
Rankin8.5 miles13
Flushing9.8 miles14
Argentine10.0 miles14
Linden10.4 miles14
Bayport Park11.4 miles14
Lake Fenton12.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624967. 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.