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Taylor Center, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Taylor City. It lies in ZIP code area 48180. It stands on Hand Drain. The Survey maps it on the Flat Rock NE quadrangle.

Taylor Center within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

60 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Taylor Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 8 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 use29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2

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
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWYANDOTTE FD 0000619 - 2019
4 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOUTHGATE FD 1903240 - 2019
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAYLOR FD 0007107 - 2019
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINKSTER FD 193611 - 2019
9 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesROMULUS FD 0003182 - 2019
8 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAYLOR FD 0005833 - 2019
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAYLOR FD 0005702 - 2019
24 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAYLOR FD 0006290 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Taylor Center: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Ford Clay PitClayProducer
Ford Clay Pit and MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor Center in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Taylor Center$50,000Brief tornado caused damage to a total of 3 buildings. Details include partial roof damage, displacement of a roof AC Unit, damage to a business sign, and some small tree damage. Emergency Management officials provided the details for this survey.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center$10,000A large tree was blown onto a house, and small personal greenhouse was damage.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center$10,000Significant damage to large trees from straight line winds.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center$3,000Power lines reported down.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center$1,000At least one powerline reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center-Tree branches reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center-Multiple tree branches up to 24 inches downed near Harrold Street and Eureka Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center-Downed power pole.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center-Large tree limbs and power lines reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center-Spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center-Several 3 to 5 inch diameter tree limbs reported blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTaylor Center-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2011HailTaylor Center-no account filed
June 2008HailTaylor Center-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
Taylor1.2 miles16
Hand2.1 miles20
Allen Park3.5 miles20
Southgate3.7 miles19
Sunnyside4.2 miles20
Lincoln Park4.7 miles20
Inkster5.4 miles20
Riverview5.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617084. 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.