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Milford, Michigan

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milford Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48381. It stands on Pettibone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle. 6,520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Milford within Oakland County

On record in Milford

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Milford grew from 6,175 to 6,520 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,175
20206,520+345 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Milford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
13 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 18579 - 2018
12 April 1992Arson/incendiarism22 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 1996Debris and open burning6.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2014Recreation and ceremony30 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOAKLAND 0001
10 April 1996Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 March 2020Debris and open burning50 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 20298 - 2020
27 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000209 - 2018
11 November 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOAKLAND 0002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Milford: 13 producers, 1 past producer. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Plant No 31 PitSilicaProducer
Fyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milford No 315 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Milford PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Molesworth Oakland County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muir Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No 30Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No 30 Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portable Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 1995HailMilford3 hurtA severe thunderstorm brought nickle-size hail and frequent cloud to ground lightning to the Milford area in southwest Oakland County. Lightning resulted in three minor injuries.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Milford$75,000A weak tornado touched down near High Ridge Drive along the Kent Lake shoreline, in Kensington Metropark. There was a well-defined path of tree damage extending north-northwest to near the intersection of Pearson and Hickory Ridge Roads. A few structures were damaged, including a home struck by a falling tree, and a century-old barn was destroyed. An apartment complex lost gutters and shingles from its roof, and nearby playground equipment was thrown.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMilford$50,000Thirty trees were reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$15,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$15,000Pine trees reported down, along with siding off a house.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$10,000Numerous trees and tree limbs reported down.
September 2000LightningMilford$10,000The 911 phone system at the Milford Police Department was zapped by lightning, causing substantial damage to electronic equipment.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMilford$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a power pole in Milford.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMilford-A 12-15 inch diameter tree was blown down onto the road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMilford-A large tree was blown down on Milford road.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindMilford-A power pole was blown over, along with 3 inch diameter trees limbs down.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindMilford-A large pine tree was uprooted.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMilford-Numerous large tree limbs down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMilford-Forty inch diameter tree uprooted.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMilford-Power lines and a few large limbs reported down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMilford-Three trees were reported blown down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMilford-An amateur radio operator reported large tree branches down.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMilford-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts at 60 MPH.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMilford-Spotters reported several six inch diameter tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMilford-Large trees blown down in Kensington Metro Park.
March 2019HailMilford-no account filed
September 2019HailMilford-no account filed
September 2019HailMilford-no account filed
July 2012HailMilford-no account filed
April 2010HailMilford-no account filed
June 2008HailMilford-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindMilford-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMilford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Highland3.2 miles18
West Highland4.4 miles13
East Highland4.5 miles18
Glengary5.4 miles19
Seven Harbors5.6 miles18
Oakley Park5.7 miles22
Commerce5.8 miles22
New Hudson5.8 miles19

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 MilfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2400322The 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 632306. 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.