BlockFerndale, Michigan
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Ferndale City. It lies in ZIP code area 48220. The Survey maps it on the Royal Oak quadrangle. 19,190 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 646 feet above sea level.
On record in Ferndale
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pleasant Ridge Historic Districtlisted 1992 · 0.9 miles away
Pleasant Ridge East Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresFerndale fell from 19,900 to 19,190 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19,900 | |
| 2020 | 19,190 | -710 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1905 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Ferndale between 2018 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032226 - 2019 |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032107 - 2019 |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032843 - 2018 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON HEIGHTS FD 3248 - 2018 |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0031469 - 2019 |
| 3 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0031480 - 2019 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034689 - 2019 |
| 25 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034521 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ferndale: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmet Co--Madison Hgts, Mich. | Tungsten | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferndale in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Ferndale | $400,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Ferndale | $100,000 | Flooding at M10 and Evergreen impacting all lanes. The intersection of Grand River Westbound and Middlebelt impassible due to flooding. Multiple main and side roads flooded across Royal Oak. Intersection locations include Sherman and Lafayette, and Maple and Louis. Reports of cars stalled out on Bellaire between Campbell and Edgeworth. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | $75,000 | The local newspaper reported dozens of trees down throughout Ferndale. Several homes and several vehicles were damaged by the fallen trees. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | $50,000 | Several homes and a swimming pool were damaged by fallen trees in Ferndale and neighboring communities of Oak Park and Pleasant Ridge. Power outages affected much of southern Oakland County. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported power lines down and estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Ferndale | - | Eight mile road near Ferndale and Detroit was flooded, along with many side streets. Basements were also reported flooded in Ferndale. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Ferndale | - | Flooding from the heavy morning rain slowly receded. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Ferndale | - | Closed roads from flooding reported in Rochester and Southfield. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Ferndale | - | Residual flooding and runoff left many roads flooded and closed. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | - | A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | - | Large tree limbs down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | - | A trained spotter reported large limbs blown down in Ferndale. Eight power lines were also reported down.Hazel Park was among the hardest-hit cities in southeast Oakland, with about half the city losing power, about 20 trees of various sizes uprooted, and the rupturing of a gas main. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | - | A trained spotter reported tree branches down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferndale | - | Power lines were reported down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Ridge | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Hazel Park | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Royal Oak | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Huntington Woods | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Madison Heights | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Park | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Berkley | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Southfield | 4.7 miles | 21 |
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 Ferndale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1406927 | The 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 625911. 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.