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Lyndon Center, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Lyndon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48118. It lies near Shanahan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Gregory quadrangle.

Lyndon Center within Washtenaw 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

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Lyndon Center between 1996 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201910
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
9 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 1900610 - 2019
9 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 190826 - 2019
23 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000624 - 2018
2 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.8 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHTENAW 01
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201904

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw 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 Lyndon Center: 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
Grass Lake Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

28 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyndon Center in 28 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 15 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 flash 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 2021Flash FloodLyndon Center$7,500,000Numerous roads became impassable due to flash flooding. Parts of Ann Arbor received around 5.5 inches of rainfall, with Ypsilanti reporting the highest total of 6.76 inches. Around 3 inches of rainfall was reported near Saline and Dexter. Forty-four homes suffered major flood damage, while 127 homes experienced flood damage across the county.
May 2011FloodLyndon Center$100,000Numerous streets and homes flooded across the county.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center$15,000Widespread reports of tree damage across Washtenaw County.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center$2,000Two Trees reported down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center-Sporadic isolated trees reported blown down across Northwest Washtenaw County.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center-Numerous trees and wires reported down, some trees fell onto houses. A 20 foot pontoon boat was also filpped on Halfmoon Lake.
June 2021FloodLyndon Center-Flood waters from flash flooding slowly receeded.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center-Large trees reported blown down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center-Fifteen inch diameter tree snapped. Roof damage to roof under construction.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center-Large tree limbs reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center-Large tree limbs reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindLyndon Center-A trained spotter estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
January 2020FloodLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
May 2015HailLyndon Center-no account filed
July 2014HailLyndon Center-no account filed
August 2013HailLyndon Center-no account filed
August 2013HailLyndon Center-no account filed
August 2013HailLyndon Center-no account filed
June 2008HailLyndon Center-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
Lanewood4.9 miles14
Chelsea5.5 miles14
Guthrie5.5 miles14
Sylvan Center6.6 miles14
Fourmile Lake7.3 miles19
Notten7.4 miles14
Hudson Mills8.8 miles19
Lima Center8.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617692. 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.