Pinckney, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Putnam Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48169. The Survey maps it on the Pinckney quadrangle. 2,415 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPinckney fell from 2,427 to 2,415 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 | 2,427 | |
| 2020 | 2,415 | -12 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Dexter quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1908 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Pinckney quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Pinckney quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Pinckney between 1992 and 2019, burning about 29 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEXTER AREA FD 0000639 - 2018 |
| 26 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PUTNAM TOWNSHIP FD 0000339 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000470 - 2018 |
| 17 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMBURG TOWNSHIP FD 0000539 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMBURG TOWNSHIP FD 0000459 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEXTER AREA FD 1900373 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PUTNAM TOWNSHIP FD 0000150 - 2019 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMBURG TOWNSHIP FD 0000451 - 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 Pinckney: 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinckney in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 25 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flood. 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 2023 | Hail | Pinckney | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | $25,000 | Large trees and powerlines reported down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | $5,000 | A 12 inch in diameter tree was reported down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Numerous trees and power lines reported down across Pinckney. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Several down trees reported down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Several large trees blown down around Pinckney. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Tree reported down on the road. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Pinckney | - | The Huron River at Hamburg peaked at 7.37 feet on January 15th. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Trees were reported down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Trees were reported blown down, with several blocking roads. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Multiple large trees reported down. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Tree was reported down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | A spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Trees and large tree limbs reported blown down. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Trees reported down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Trees were reported blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Tree limbs, 12 inch in diameter, were reported down near East Hamburg Road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | A local newspaper reported a tree and wire down across Cedar Lake Road between Monks and Patterson Lake roads near Hell Creek Ranch in Putnam Township, causing the road to close. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | A trained spotter reported trees and branches down and estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Law enforcement reported several trees blown down in thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Trained weather spotters reported that thunderstorm winds blew several trees down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | The public reported numerous trees blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | Several Trees blown down. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Pinckney | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Pinckney | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Pinckney | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pinckney | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pinckney | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pinckney | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hell | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Anderson | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Chalkerville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pettysville | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bullis Crossing | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Kaiserville | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeland | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Unadilla | 6.2 miles | 16 |
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 Pinckney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2783132 | 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 634896. 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.










