Newport, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Berlin Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48166. It stands on Yoas Drain. The Survey maps it on the Flat Rock quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1906 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Flat Rock quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Flat Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Flat Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Flat Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 2011 and 2020, burning about 321 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 191935 - 2019 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 NEWPORT 2019475 - |
| 18 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 NEWPORT 2019457 - |
| 19 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 19926 - 2019 |
| 16 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 NEWPORT 2020351 - |
| 14 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASH TOWNSHIP FD 0006134 - 2019 |
| 27 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 NEWPORT 2019258 - |
| 26 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ESTRAL BEACH VFD 0201911 - 2019 |
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 Newport: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ritter's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| South Rockwood Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | 2 hurt, $5,000 | Trees and powerlines were blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $25,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust destroyed a barn, flinging the metal roof into a neighbor's yard. A boat and furniture inside the barn were damaged. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $5,000 | Numerous trees were reported blown down, with the largest estimated to be 18 inches in diameter. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | A large tree was snapped in half. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Large tree limbs down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Newport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldport | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Stony Creek | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Estral Beach | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Steiner | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Woodland Beach | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Stony Point | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pointe aux Peaux | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Grafton | 4.9 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 Newport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q106982628 | 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 633372. 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.










