Lexington, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lexington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48450. The Survey maps it on the Croswell quadrangle. 943 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
On record in Lexington
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 5 records
Cadillac Houselisted 2018
John Divine Law Office/Moore Public Librarylisted 1985
John L. Fead Houselisted 1978
Moore, Charles H./Sleeper, Albert E., Houselisted 1985
William Reuben Nims Houselisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresLexington fell from 1,178 to 943 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 | 1,178 | |
| 2020 | 943 | -235 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lexington between 2018 and 2019, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROSWELL FD 2019067 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEXINGTON FIRE/RESCUE 0000122 - 2018 |
| 13 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEXINGTON FIRE/RESCUE 0000332 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lexington: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Huron Clay Prod Co.Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lexington in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 waterspout. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $4,000 | Numerous tree limbs and powerlines down in the area. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Trees were reported down. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | A tree was reported blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Central dispatch reported several trees and power lines blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Local law enforcement reported a large tree blown down. |
| September 2001 | Waterspout | Lexington | - | The waterspout was witnessed by boaters a quarter of a mile from the breakwall offshore of Lexington. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Lexington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Heights | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Great Lakes Beach | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Huronia Heights | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Blue Water Beach | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Birch Beach | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Croswell | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Amadore | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Hill (historical) | 6.3 miles | 10 |
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 Lexington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1822339 | 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 630359. 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.



