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New Troy, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Weesaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49119. It stands on East Branch Galien River. The Survey maps it on the Bridgman quadrangle.

New Troy within Berrien County

On record in New Troy

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

17 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of New Troy between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 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 use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning2
Natural1

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHIKAMING FD 335 - 2019
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0039 - 2018
4 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000201 - 2018
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHIKAMING FD 322 - 2018
12 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHIKAMING FD 235 - 2019
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0024 - 2018
19 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 20-0023 - 2020
3 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 20-0011 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berrien County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Troy: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
South Bridgman SiteSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect
Haof No 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Naoff No 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Berrien County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Troy in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Troy$20,000Several large trees down in and around New Troy. Power is out.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Troy-Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees and power lines down from Chikaming to New Troy.
May 2011HailNew Troy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berrien 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
Sawyer2.2 miles14
Glendora3.4 miles15
Tower Hill Shorelands3.7 miles14
Shorewood Hills3.8 miles14
Bethany Beach3.8 miles14
Hills Corners4.0 miles15
Hazelhurst4.2 miles12
Birchwood4.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633343. 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.