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Plymouth, Michigan

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Plymouth City. It lies in ZIP code area 48170. It stands on South Branch Tonquish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wayne quadrangle. 9,370 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.

Plymouth within Wayne County

On record in Plymouth

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Plymouth grew from 9,132 to 9,370 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,132
20209,370+238 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

40 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Plymouth between 2010 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
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
30 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLYMOUTH COMMUNITY FD 0002021 - 2019
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0005396 - 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
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0004628 - 2018
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
15 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLYMOUTH COMMUNITY FD 0001614 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Plymouth: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
Hayes Washed S & G, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mijal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymouth in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 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
June 2024Tornado (EF1)Plymouth1 killed, 2 hurtThe tornado touched down just east of the intersection of Schoolcraft Rd and Eckles Rd and traveled northeast into Mason Rd, just north of I-96. The tornado continued into the intersection of Nola Rd and Lyndon Rd, uprooting large trees, snapping off large tree limbs, and producing some damage to residential housing. The tornado then traveled across Newburgh Rd into Levan Rd near the 5-mile intersection, close to the intersection of Ellen Dr. and 5-mile, where mainly tree damage was found. The tornado continued to travel northeast into Farmington and 6-mile, uprooting trees around this location. The tornado continued through Rotary Park where large trees and tree limbs were sheared off, and then moved into Beverly Park, where the damage was mainly sporadic downed tree limbs. The tornado lifted just southwest of 7 mile and Middlebelt Rd. Maximum wind speeds with this tornado were estimated to be up to 95 mph.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$3,250,000no account filed
September 2008Tornado (EF2)Plymouth$250,000At 918 PM Saturday September 13th a tornado occurred in parts of Plymouth and Livonia in Wayne County. The Tornado path length was 2.6 miles and began just west of Starkweather Street near the railroad tracks in Plymouth and tracked eastward across the intersection of Interstates 96 and 275 and ended in Livonia at the intersection of Newburgh and Richfield Roads near Ladywood High School. The maximum path width of the tornado was roughly 200 yards in Plymouth and was 100 yards or less in most other locations along its path. Most of the damage along the path was to trees and was rated mostly at the EF0 level (less than 86 MPH). However, a short stretch of significant roof damage occurred in Plymouth to two apartment buildings in Lake Pointe Village and Brougham Manor. This damage was rated at the EF2 level, or roughly winds to 120 mph.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$135,000no account filed
December 1998Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$50,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$35,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Large tree uprooted, but likely with shallow roots.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Wet mirco-burst winds downed trees in Plymouth.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Measured wind gust via MDOT mesonet.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Multiple trees uprooted with shingles blown off roofs.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Multiple trees were reported down, along with large tree limbs.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A large tree was reported blown down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Several large tree limbs were reported down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Numerous trees and tree limb reported down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Trees were reported blown down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A trained weather spotter reported small trees blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Spotters reported that several large tree branches were blown down in thunderstorm winds.
June 2023HailPlymouth-no account filed
June 2008HailPlymouth-no account filed
June 2006HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2000HailPlymouth-no account filed
July 1997HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 1996HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 1994HailPlymouth-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 Acres4.0 miles20
Northville4.2 miles20
Canton4.4 miles20
Westland4.9 miles20
Stark5.2 miles20
Cherry Hill5.7 miles24
Livonia6.2 miles20
Sheldon6.7 miles20

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 PlymouthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1640912The 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 635148. 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.