Greenfield Village, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dearborn City. It lies in ZIP code area 48124. It stands on Lower River Rouge. The Survey maps it on the Dearborn quadrangle.
On record in Greenfield Village
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford MuseumNational Historic Landmark · listed 1969 · 0.0 miles away
Fair LaneNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.8 miles away
Dearborn Inn and Colonial Homeslisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Commandant's Quarterslisted 1970 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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 Dearborn quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Dearborn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Greenfield Village between 2018 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 13 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033175 - 2018 |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032111 - 2019 |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032054 - 2019 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEARBORN FD 0010923 - 2018 |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0007107 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0005833 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0028276 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEN PARK FD 0002267 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Greenfield Village: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Salt, Calcium, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lime Co Calcining Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Detroit Mine | Salt | Producer | ||
| Detroit Salt Mine | Halite | Producer | 1895, 1910 | |
| Wr Grace Zonolite Div | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Clippert Brick and Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ford Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ford Clay Pit and Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dearborn | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Melvindale | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Allen Park | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Dearborn Heights | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hand | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lincoln Park | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Inkster | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Taylor | 5.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627352. 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.












