Memphis, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Memphis City. It lies in ZIP code area 48041. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Memphis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1914 USGS Armada quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Armada quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Memphis between 2018 and 2020, burning about 23 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 use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2019265 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2018231 - 2018 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMETT FD 0000143 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2019197 - 2019 |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 389 - 2020 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2018136 - 2018 |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2018106 - 2018 |
| 24 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 214 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Memphis in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Memphis | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Memphis | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Memphis | - | Power lines reported down. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Memphis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Memphis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Memphis | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Memphis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Armada | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| New Haven | 11.6 miles | 17 | |
| Ray Center | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wolcott Mills | 12.1 miles | 14 | |
| Meade | 13.5 miles | 17 | |
| Romeo | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| Milton | 14.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624727. 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.









