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Hudson Mills, Michigan

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Dexter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48130. It lies near Peach Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pinckney quadrangle.

Hudson Mills within Washtenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

15 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hudson Mills between 2018 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2

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
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000639 - 2018
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000695 - 2018
22 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000688 - 2018
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000470 - 2018
1 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHAMBURG TOWNSHIP FD 0000459 - 2018
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 1900374 - 2019
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 1900373 - 2019
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 1900353 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hudson Mills: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Bennett No 12 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Portland Cement Plnt Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson Mills in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
March 2012Tornado (EF3)Hudson Mills$12,000,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey confirmed an EF-3 tornado touched down near Dexter, MI with maximum wind speeds of 135-140 mph. The path length was 7.6 miles with a maximum width of 800 yards. The tornado touched down at 5:18 pm just northeast of the intersection of N Territorial and Dexter Townhall Rd. The tornado moved southeast and produced EF-1 damage with winds estimated at 100 mph. Damage was limited to uprooted and snapped trees as well as minor roof damage. The tornado strengthened as it hit the Horseshoe Bend Subdivision with winds estimated at 120 mph and structural damage to the outside of homes. The tornado then continued to track southeast alongside Dexter-Pinckney Rd. and produced EF-3 damage at 5:31pm. Winds estimated at 135-140 mph destroyed one home northwest of Dexter. The tornado then made a left turn and paralleled Huron River Dr. producing EF-2 damage on the north side of Dexter. The tornado then produced EF-3 damage again at 5:49pm in the Huron Farms Subdivision with winds estimated at 135-140 mph. One home was destroyed and another house had only interior rooms left standing. The tornado then weakened as it moved southeast and lifted at 5:56 pm near the intersection of Zeeb Rd. and Ann Arbor-Dexter Rd. In total, 20 homes were severely damaged, with some damage to at least 200 homes.
June 2023HailHudson Mills$500,000no account filed
June 1998LightningHudson Mills$100,000no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills$15,000Two dozen trees were uprooted or broken in half. A light pole was damaged, along with a silo and shed destroyed.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills$10,000Trees and limbs reported down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills$10,000Large trees reported down.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills$5,000A 3 foot in diameter tree limb fell onto 2 cars.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills$5,000A large tree was reported down blocking the road near Dexter Pinckney.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills$4,000Numerous trees and power lines reported blown down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills$1,000Large oak and maple trees reported down, along with large tree limbs. One tree limb went trough a window.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills-Tree limbs and power lines were reported down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills-Seven pine trees reported down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills-A one foot diameter tree reported blown down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills-A two foot diameter tree was reported blown down.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills-A few trees were blown down.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHudson Mills-A tree was reported down on Dexter-Pinckney Road.
May 2015HailHudson Mills-no account filed
May 2015HailHudson Mills-no account filed
July 2010HailHudson Mills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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
Dover1.1 miles19
Dexter3.7 miles19
Fourmile Lake5.0 miles19
Scio5.9 miles17
Webster6.0 miles19
Lima Center6.7 miles19
Delhi Mills6.8 miles17
Lanewood7.0 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122550118The 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 1617632. 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.