Shaftsburg, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Woodhull Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48872. The Survey maps it on the Shaftsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1928 USGS Laingsburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Laingsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Shaftsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Shaftsburg between 1994 and 2019, burning about 165 acres in total. None 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARK RD DOWN WIRE |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000375 - 201 |
| 8 June 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHIAWASSEE 01 |
| 21 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000297 - 201 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000223 - 201 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PERRY AREA FIRE/RESCUE 0000049 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PERRY AREA FIRE/RESCUE 0000042 - 2019 |
| 2 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shaftsburg: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shaftsburg in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flood | Shaftsburg | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Shaftsburg | $30,000 | The Tornado was rated EF0 with maximum winds to 75 mph. Path width was 60 yards and path length 3/4 mile. The tornado started at Lansing and Warner roads, and followed lansing road and then crossed I-69. The tornado ended at the entrance ramp of the highway rest area. Many trees were uprooted and shingles were torn off a church. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Shaftsburg | $25,000 | A tornado which originated in Ingham county crossed into Shiawassee county near LoveJoy and Locke Roads at 528 PM, tracking northeast for around three miles, ending at Beard and Ruppert Roads at 532 pm. The damage path was about 100 yards wide. Damage was mostly soft and hard wood trees uprooted and snapped, with estimated max wind speed of 90 mph, making this Tornado an EF1. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaftsburg | - | At least 2 trees down, one of which fell on a vehicle. No injuries, but the passenger reportedly was stuck in the vehicle. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaftsburg | - | Trees reported down. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaftsburg | - | Part of a barn roof and wall blown down, along with a downed tree. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaftsburg | - | Tree reported down on road. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaftsburg | - | Several large tree limbs up to 12 inch in diameter were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Green Estates | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Perry | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Morrice | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Laingsburg | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pittsburg | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bennington | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Antrim Center | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bancroft | 13.2 miles | 13 |
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 Q122546468 | 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 637641. 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.






