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Scio, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Scio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48130. The Survey maps it on the Ann Arbor West quadrangle.

Scio within Washtenaw County

On record in Scio

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

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

19 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Scio between 2018 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural1

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 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 0821457 - 2018
28 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 0823523 - 2018
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 0818487 - 2018
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000629 - 2018
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000695 - 2018
22 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000688 - 2018
8 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 19500 - 2019
16 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000576 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Scio: 4 producers, 3 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
Dunston Pit No 8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Killins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pleasant Hills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scio in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Thunderstorm WindScio$500Power lines down and a utility pole leaning.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindScio-A large tree fell onto a house, trapping an individual inside.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindScio-Trees reported blown down.
June 2013Flash FloodScio-Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flooding up to 4 feet deep, with several high water rescues needed from emergency personnel as cars stalled in the high water.|Spotter reports indicate 2 to 4 inches of rain fell within a 2 to 3 hour window.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindScio-A 12 inch diameter tree was reported blown down.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindScio-A 8 inch diameter tree was reported down.
July 2017HailScio-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindScio-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
Delhi Mills1.5 miles17
Dexter2.8 miles19
Foster3.2 miles17
Barton Hills3.7 miles17
Webster5.2 miles19
Hudson Mills5.9 miles19
Northfield6.1 miles22
Dover6.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637451. 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.