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Pittsfield, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pittsfield Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48108. The Survey maps it on the Ypsilanti West quadrangle.

Pittsfield within Washtenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Pittsfield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 31 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 use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural4
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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 751468 - 2019
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP DPS 0821304 - 2018
29 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 0823638 - 2018
26 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALINE AREA FD 0001000 - 2019
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 0818772 - 2018
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 0818413 - 2018
27 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP DPS 0646463 - 2019
26 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP DPS 0820465 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pittsfield: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Du-Pine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Liberty Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
William Brink Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsfield in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998LightningPittsfield$40,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPittsfield$7,000One foot diameter trees reported down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPittsfield-A large tree was reported down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPittsfield-Multiple trees reported down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPittsfield-A trained spotter measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2025HailPittsfield-no account filed
July 2018HailPittsfield-no account filed
February 2017HailPittsfield-no account filed
June 2013HailPittsfield-no account filed
July 2011HailPittsfield-no account filed
March 2006HailPittsfield-no account filed
May 2001HailPittsfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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
Ann Arbor4.2 miles22
Saline4.3 miles16
Geddes4.9 miles22
Stony Creek5.3 miles17
Superior5.8 miles22
Ypsilanti6.3 miles20
Mooreville7.4 miles15
Eastlawn7.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635060. 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.