North Farmington, Michigan
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in West Bloomfield Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48322. The Survey maps it on the Walled Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Walled Lake quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Walled Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Walled Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Walled Lake quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of North Farmington between 2018 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FARMINGTON HILLS FD 0006209 - 2019 |
| 11 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKLIN-BINGHAM FD 0000327 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0007575 - 2018 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0004970 - 2019 |
| 14 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003325 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FARMINGTON HILLS FD 0004998 - 2019 |
| 9 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 201496 - 2020 |
| 8 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FARMINGTON HILLS FD 0004334 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Farmington: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow Clay Prod Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Farmington in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Farmington | $50,000 | Wires reported down across Interstate 696. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Farmington | $1,000 | Large tree reported down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Farmington | - | Large tree limbs were reported down. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Farmington | - | A large tree was reported down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Farmington | - | Trees reported down. |
| July 2012 | Hail | North Farmington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quakertown | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Farmington Hills | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Wood Creek Farms | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Briarwood Senior Housing | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Franklin | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Orchard Lake | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Farmington | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Wolverine Lake | 5.4 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550513 | 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 633572. 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.








