Rushton, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Green Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48178. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Lyon quadrangle.
On record in Rushton
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
Alonzo W. Olds Houselisted 1972
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 South Lyon quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS South Lyon quadrangle1:62500, 5 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 South Lyon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Rushton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHTENAW 01 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 19906 - 2019 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000485 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000863 - 2018 |
| 28 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000968 - 2018 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000312 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000915 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000897 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rushton: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Oak Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Oaks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kent Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rushton in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rushton | $3,000 | Power lines were reported blown down. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Rushton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmore Lake | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Green Oak | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Hamburg | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Brighton | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Parishfield | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lakeland | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Pettysville | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Chilson | 10.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 636398. 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.









