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Northville, Michigan

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Northville City. It lies in ZIP code area 48167. It stands on Johnson Drain. The Survey maps it on the Northville quadrangle. 6,119 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.

Northville within Wayne County

On record in Northville

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

Population over time

2 figures

Northville fell from 6,459 to 6,119 between 2000 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
20006,459
20206,119-340 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

29 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Northville between 2010 and 2020, burning about 27 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Smoking1

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
8 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOVI FD 0004815 - 2019
30 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLYMOUTH COMMUNITY FD 0002021 - 2019
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0007106 - 2019
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0006927 - 2019
19 July 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0006169 - 2019
19 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTHVILLE FD 0021362 - 2018
13 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOVI FD 0004244 - 2019
11 July 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 5920 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Northville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hayes Washed S & G, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thomson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northville in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 6 flood, 5 flash flood. 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
May 2000LightningNorthville3 hurtno account filed
June 2021Flash FloodNorthville$139,000,000Numerous roads and highways became impassable due to flooding. Four to eight inches of rainfall was reported in and around downtown Detroit, with Grosse Pointe Park reporting the highest total of 8.19 inches. Almost 15,000 homes suffered major flood damage, with close to 6000 homes experiencing minor flood damage across the northern part of county.
August 2023FloodNorthville$3,000,000Flood waters from the flash flooding slowly receded.
August 1998Flash FloodNorthville$500,000no account filed
September 2008FloodNorthville$350,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNorthville$30,000Widespread tree damage was reported in the city of Northville. A large tree was also uprooted and fell onto a house.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindNorthville$30,000Broadcast media reported trees down on homes and vehicles in the City of Northville. Total property damages were estimated at roughly $30K.
June 2010HailNorthville$5,000The large hail caused broken windows.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNorthville$2,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNorthville$2,000no account filed
April 2025FloodNorthville-Numerous flooding reports across the Detroit Metro area. Severa flooding reports included parts of the freeway closed near Hamtramack, several roads across downtown Plymouth closed from flooding with vehicles stuck, multiple homes and cars flooded along Hanover St next to Ecorse River near the inersection of Barner St, several roads along 26 mile were completely flooded, homes and cars were flooded along Philomene Blvd, and Farmington also had soem roadways closed due to flooding.
July 2025Flash FloodNorthville-Approximately 1 foot of standing water in Cherry Hill Village and in a neighborhood off Geddes Road. 6 Mile and Northville Rd impassable due to flood waters; cars getting stuck.
August 2023Flash FloodNorthville-Heavy rain of 4-7 inches caused flooding across much of Western Wayne County. Areas in and around Detroit Metro Airport were particulary hard hit, with flooding limiting the acess to McNamara Terminal. Vehicles were stranded in several feet of water and parts of I-275 and I-94 were closed due to flooding. Numerous reports of roadway flooding in Canton Township, some of which required water rescues. Many businesses throughout Canton Township were damaged by flooding. Several inches of water covering residential street in Woodhaven. Flooding reported at Five Mile Rd and Northville Rd. Finally, after the 8/24 flooding, the Western Township Utilities Authority system could not keep up with the capacity and was forced to release partially treated effluent into the Lower Rouge River creating a public health issue.
June 2021FloodNorthville-Flood waters from flash flooding slowly receeded. Moderate flooding was also observed along the Rouge River.
August 2020Flash FloodNorthville-M-10 and I-94 were closed due to flooding in Detroit, as well as I-96 between Inkster and Beech Daly in Livonia.
August 2020FloodNorthville-Flooding from the heavy morning rain slowly receded.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNorthville-Spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNorthville-A couple of trees reported down.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNorthville-Numerous trees uprooted and large tree limbs reported down.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNorthville-Powerlines reported down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNorthville-Large tree limbs were reported blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNorthville-A tree was reported blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthville-Several large tree limbs reported down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNorthville-The Northville Township fire department reported an 18 inch diameter tree blown down.
July 2023HailNorthville-no account filed
January 2020FloodNorthville-no account filed
June 2010HailNorthville-no account filed
June 2010HailNorthville-no account filed
August 2008HailNorthville-no account filed
July 2003HailNorthville-no account filed
July 1997HailNorthville-no account filed
July 1997HailNorthville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Grand View Acres2.0 miles20
Plymouth4.2 miles20
Stark7.0 miles20
Livonia8.2 miles20
Canton8.5 miles20
Westland8.6 miles20
Elm8.9 miles20
Cherry Hill9.1 miles24

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 NorthvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q740589The 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 633707. 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.