Hazel Park, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hazel Park City. It lies in ZIP code area 48030. The Survey maps it on the Highland Park quadrangle. 14,983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHazel Park fell from 16,422 to 14,983 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 | 16,422 | |
| 2020 | 14,983 | -1,439 (-9%) |
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 Highland Park quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Highland Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
98 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Hazel Park between 2018 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| 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 |
| 7 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033020 - 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 |
| 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 |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034326 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hazel Park: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Brick Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Carmet Co--Madison Hgts, Mich. | Tungsten | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazel Park in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Park | $20,000 | Roof damage to a commercial and apartment building. Trees were uprooted and tree limbs downed as well. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Park | $5,000 | Numerous trees and large tree limbs down along a 2 mile swath. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Park | $5,000 | Numerous large trees were observed blown down and uprooted. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Park | - | Multiple tree limbs reported down. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Hazel Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Hazel Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Hazel Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Hazel Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Heights | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Ferndale | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Royal Oak | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Huntington Woods | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Park | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Berkley | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Clawson | 5.4 miles | 17 |
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 Hazel Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q583354 | 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 628016. 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.












