Novi, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Novi City. It lies in ZIP code area 48375. The Survey maps it on the Northville quadrangle. 66,243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
On record in Novi
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
Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmsteadlisted 1997
Joseph D. Yerkes Houselisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresNovi grew from 55,224 to 66,243 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 55,224 | |
| 2020 | 66,243 | +11,019 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1905 USGS Plymouth quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Wayne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1912 USGS Wayne quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Northville quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Novi between 2010 and 2020, burning about 22 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 use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0004815 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALLED LAKE FD 0000573 - 2019 |
| 31 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0005330 - 2019 |
| 30 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALLED LAKE FD 0000644 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WIXOM FD 0000653 - 2020 |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0003788 - 2018 |
| 19 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0006169 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHVILLE FD 0021362 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Novi: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hayes Washed S & G, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Levy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Novi in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | $500,000 | Wires reported down across both directions of I-275 near Grand River, some wires on cars as well. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Novi | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down, snapped, and uprooted in and around the Novi Town Center. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Novi | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Novi | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Two large spruce trees uprooted. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Multiple trees and tree limbs down in and around Novi. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Eight inch tree limbs reported down, with numerous small tree limbs downed around neightborhood. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Multiple trees reported down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Multiple large trees were uprooted. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Multiple tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Several 1 to 4 inch in diameter tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | A large tree was uprooted. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Trees reported uprooted. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | An 8 inch diameter tree branch reported down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | Large tree limbs were reported down at 10 Mile and Haggerty Roads. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | A National Weather Service employee reported two trees down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | A trained spotter reported large tree branches down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 MPH. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novi | - | A trained spotter reported large tree branches down. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Novi | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Novi | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Novi | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Novi | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Novi | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Novi | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walled Lake | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Wixom | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Quakertown | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Farmington Hills | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Wolverine Lake | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Farmington Acres | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Farmington | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Glengary | 6.0 miles | 19 |
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 Novi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q993575 | 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 633773. 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.











