Redford, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Redford Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48239. It stands on Bell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Redford quadrangle.
On record in Redford
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 1 record
Redford Township District No. 5 Schoollisted 1997
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 Redford quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Redford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Redford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Redford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Redford between 2018 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 9 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033175 - 2018 |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032111 - 2019 |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032054 - 2019 |
| 14 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032979 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0028276 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0028243 - 2019 |
| 4 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0027677 - 2019 |
| 31 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0031002 - 2019 |
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 Redford: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beardsley Bros.Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Lightweight Aggregate Corp Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redford in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | $18,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | $35,000 | A large tree was uprooted along Inkster Road in Livonia. The falling tree damaged two homes and a car, and destroyed a porch. In Redford, numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Redford | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | $14,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | $2,000 | Power lines were reported down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | - | Large trees were reported down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | - | Large tree branches reported down. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Redford | - | A quick 1.75 to 2.5 inches of rain in thunderstorms lead to flash flooding on roadways.|Cars were stranded in flood waters at Davison and John C Lodge Freeways. All lanes of traffic along I-75 were flooded in the area of Holbrooke Avenue and 11 Mile Road. Flooding also caused several road closures along M-39 between Joy Road and Rotunda Drive. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Redford | - | State Police and MDOT reported flooding on both lanes of I-94 and I-75. MODT also reported flooding across all lanes in both directions of M-39, and some of the lanes of SB I-75 after 7 mile, and EB I-96 at Grand River. Finally, some flooding observed on SB lanes of M-10 at M-8. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | - | A large tree limb was reported down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | - | Four trees were blown down near Beach-Daly and Plymouth Roads, and toward Schoolcraft Road. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redford | - | A spotter in Redford measured a 65 mph gust. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Redford | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Redford | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Redford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Redford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Redford | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Redford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech | 0.4 miles | 20 | |
| Norton | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Elm | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Livonia | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Oak | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Dearborn Heights | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Stark | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Garden City | 4.4 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q33474957 | 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 1616975. 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.











