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Gregory, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Unadilla Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48137. The Survey maps it on the Gregory quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.

Gregory within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Gregory between 1996 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 1996Debris and open burning4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesUNADILLA TOWNSHIP FD 0000138 - 2018
15 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 202010
21 June 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVINGSTON 01
6 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFOWLERVILLE FD 299 - 2020
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201904
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesUNADILLA TOWNSHIP FD 050 - 2019
29 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPUTNAM TOWNSHIP FD 0000203 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston 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 Gregory: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Gay Sperrys'Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Stockbridge Clay PitClayPast Producer
Fenton Gravel Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston County Road CommissionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gregory in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 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
June 2007FloodGregory$400,000Local newspaper reports confirmed a couple dozen homes sustained flood damage. Five and a half inches of rain in only a few hours caused about a dozen basements to flood around the Gregory area on the evening of June 3rd. Additional basement flooding occurred later in the week around Lake Patterson, which finally peaked on Thursday June 7th. Flood waters finally began to recede that night. Total property damages were estimated at roughly $400K.
September 2008FloodGregory$250,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGregory$25,000Numerous trees and power lines were brought down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGregory$25,000Numerous trees and power lines were brought down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGregory$6,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGregory$2,000no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGregory-At least 5 trees reported down, along with power lines.
February 2018FloodGregory-Many roads were flooded, with one car reported stranded in the flood waters. |The Huron River at Hamburg reached moderate flood stage, peaking at 7.28 feet on February 24th at 845 PM EST.
August 2018HailGregory-Hail damaged vegetation.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGregory-Several large tree limbs were reported blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGregory-Trees reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindGregory-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGregory-A trained spotter estimated a 65 MPH wind gust and reported large tree branches and a flagpole blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGregory-A trained spotter estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGregory-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large limbs in Gregory.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGregory-Numerous trees were blown down.
May 2015HailGregory-no account filed
June 2003HailGregory-no account filed
March 2000HailGregory-no account filed
September 1994HailGregory-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Williamsville1.5 miles16
Unadilla2.5 miles16
Bullis Crossing2.8 miles16
Plainfield2.9 miles16
Kaiserville3.4 miles16
Chalkerville3.9 miles16
Anderson4.2 miles16
Hell5.5 miles19

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 GregoryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q113134431The 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 627403. 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.