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Macomb, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Macomb Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48042. It stands on Healy Drain. The Survey maps it on the Waldenburg quadrangle.

Macomb within Macomb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

31 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Macomb between 2018 and 2020, burning about 30 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/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0002381 - 2019
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005593 - 2018
7 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0003200 - 2018
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001684 - 2019
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0003374 - 2019
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001517 - 2019
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0003223 - 2019
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0002731 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macomb in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning, 1 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
July 2005LightningMacomb$1,000,000Lightning struck a home which started a fire. The subsequent fire burned the house down.Additional lightning strikes in Macomb Township lead to five house fires in the area of 22 Mile and 23 Mile Roads.
February 2006FloodMacomb$5,000Heavy rain around 2 inches on Thursday the 16th, coupled with frozen ground and melting of a snowpack around 1 foot, led to flooding along the Clinton River. This prompted the closure of several roadways, including sections of 21 Mile Road in Macomb Township where 2 feet of water flowed across the road throughout the day on Friday.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindMacomb$2,000no account filed
May 2004LightningMacomb-Lightning struck a home on Sherringham Road in Macomb Township. Two 18 inch holes were discovered on the roof.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMacomb-A car port was blown off a mobile home.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMacomb-A trained spotter reported large limbs down.
March 2026HailMacomb-no account filed
May 2024HailMacomb-no account filed
May 2024HailMacomb-no account filed
May 2004HailMacomb-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMacomb-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb 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
Preston Corners1.9 miles17
Davis2.1 miles17
Waldenburg3.2 miles17
Rudgate East Company Mobile Home Park3.6 miles18
Disco4.2 miles18
Washington4.4 miles18
Shelby4.4 miles18
Meade4.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631290. 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.

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.