Metamora, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Metamora Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48455. The Survey maps it on the Metamora quadrangle. 594 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.
On record in Metamora
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 1 record
Metamora Crossroads Historic Districtlisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresMetamora grew from 565 to 594 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 | 565 | |
| 2020 | 594 | +29 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Metamora between 2003 and 2019, burning about 29 acres in total. None 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 |
| 31 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000243 - 2018 |
| 23 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELBA TOWNSHIP FD 0000075 - 2019 |
| 17 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000218 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HADLEY TOWNSHIP FD 0719066 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000119 - 2018 |
| 23 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000115 - 2018 |
| 15 April 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Metamora: 5 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey and Hartwig Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Metamora Pit and Mil | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parrish Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peake Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St Clair County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Metamora in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | $500,000 | Very strong straight line winds, estimated at 80 to 100 mph, in a post-storm damage survey, caused a damage path of about one-quarter mile wide and two miles long that ran from west to east off Lake Metamora. A garage was destroyed and several houses sustained damage. A lawn chair was driven into the side of a house. A chimney was partially destroyed along with part of a roof on one house. Another house suffered damage as the back porch, including its roof, was blown away. The roof of the porch landed on a vehicle parked in a driveway next door. A pontoon boat was overturned and numerous large limbs, some more than three to four inches in diameter, were ripped from numerous trees along a drive. The damage was estimated well in excess of $100,000. |
| September 2000 | Flash Flood | Metamora | $125,000 | Gravel roads were washed out in Almont and Dryden Townships. Roads were also flooded to the west, in Deerfield and Metamora Townships. Some culverts were displaced where the gravel had washed out. Annrook Park in the city of Lapeer was flooded by the Flint River. Fields were flooded and driveways washed out in Imlay City. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | $75,000 | Dozens of trees down, along with large signs. A metal light post was also blown down. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Metamora | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | $8,000 | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | $7,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | - | Twenty trees reported blown down mostly across the southern portions of the county. Power lines also downed. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | - | Numerous trees down across southern Lapeer County. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | - | Numerous trees reported down. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | - | Local law enforcement reported trees blown down. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Metamora | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Metamora | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metamora | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Metamora | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Creek | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Farmers Creek | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Thornville | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hadley | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Kerr Hill | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lapeer | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dryden | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Attica | 9.0 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 Metamora | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2106660 | 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 632164. 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.







