Paint Creek, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Augusta Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48191. It stands on Hewens Drain. The Survey maps it on the Ypsilanti East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1902 USGS Ypsilanti quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Ypsilanti quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1908 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Ypsilanti East quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Ypsilanti East quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Ypsilanti East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ypsilanti East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Ypsilanti East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Paint Creek between 2005 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 4 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001606 - 2019 |
| 22 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 566 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 406 - 2019 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP DPS 0646463 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 396 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 298 - 2020 |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 287 - 2020 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0001609 - 2018 |
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 Paint Creek: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paint Creek Clay Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paint Creek in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Creek | - | Trees and tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Creek | - | A trained spotter measured a 72 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Paint Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Willis | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Whittaker | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Stony Creek | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rawsonville | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Eastlawn | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Ypsilanti | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Willow Run | 6.9 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634294. 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.













