Milan, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Milan City. It lies in ZIP code area 48160. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle. 6,079 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 702 feet above sea level.
On record in Milan
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 2 records
Friend-Hack Houselisted 1991
Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1902 USGS Ypsilanti quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Ypsilanti quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1908 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Milan between 2005 and 2020, burning about 55 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 808 - 2019 |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 707 - 2020 |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALINE AREA FD 0000924 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 680 - 2020 |
| 17 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 657 - 2020 |
| 3 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 515 - 2020 |
| 2 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 561 - 2019 |
| 2 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 1800432 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Milan: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Brothers'Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Paxton Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milan in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $525,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $65,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $2,000 | A few large limbs were torn down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Eight inch diameter tree limbs were reported down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | A trained spotter reported large tree branches down and estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Two foot diameter trees were reported blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | A trained spotter reported a tree blown onto the road. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Milan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mooreville | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Stony Creek | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Whittaker | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lincoln | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Paint Creek | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Saline | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Willis | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Pittsfield | 8.9 miles | 17 |
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 Milan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1934225 | 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 632302. 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.









