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Highland, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Highland Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48357. The Survey maps it on the Highland quadrangle.

Highland within Oakland County

On record in Highland

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Highland between 1996 and 2020, burning about 89 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
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARTLAND AREA FD 0000466 - 2018
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0001444 - 2019
13 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 18579 - 2018
17 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 467 - 2018
31 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19581 - 2019
9 April 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000693 - 2019
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARTLAND AREA FD 0000267 - 2018
10 April 1996Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Highland: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lake Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milford No 315 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

38 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland in 38 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 26 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Highland2 hurtA tree landed onto two trucks located on South Duck Lake Road. Two men were injured and take to the hospital.
July 2014HailEast Highland$6,000,000no account filed
July 2014HailHighland$3,000,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHighland$400,000Trees were reported down. |The Haven Hill estate sheep barn in the Highland Recreation Area sustained severe storm damage.
April 2010LightningHighland$150,000Lightning caused a house fire at a home near Duck Lake on Highland Court, leading to extensive electrical and roof damage.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHighland$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHighland$15,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHighland$7,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHighland$5,000A severe thunderstorm tracked across portions of western Oakland County. Trees and powerlines were downed in Highland.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindEast Highland$3,000Tree reported blown down onto a car.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindHighland$3,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEast Highland$1,000Multiple trees were reported down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHighland-Trees and tree limbs down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Highland-Several large trees reported down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHighland-Multiple trees and wires reported down in Highland Township.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Highland-Several trees blown down onto the road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Highland-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindHighland-A 2 inch diameter tree was blown down.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindEast Highland-An NWS employee estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHighland-A trained weather spotter estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust for five minutes.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHighland-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHighland-A trained spotter reported a large tree blown down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHighland-A National Weather Service employee reported large tree branches down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHighland-A trained spotter reported large tree branches down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHighland-Central dispatch reported a tree blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHighland-A few small trees were blown down.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindHighland-A wind gust of 60 MPH was estimated by law enforcement.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindHighland-A trained weather spotter reported several trees blown down in thunderstorm winds.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHighland-An off duty weather service employee reported several large tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds.
July 2014HailEast Highland-no account filed
July 2013HailEast Highland-no account filed
June 2008HailHighland-no account filed
April 2003HailHighland-no account filed
May 2000HailHighland-no account filed
May 2000HailHighland-no account filed
May 1996HailHighland-no account filed
May 1996HailHighland-no account filed
May 1994HailHighland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
West Highland2.4 miles13
East Highland2.7 miles18
Clyde3.0 miles18
Milford3.2 miles19
Seven Harbors3.3 miles18
Hickory Ridge3.8 miles13
White Lake5.0 miles18
Rose Center6.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628244. 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.