Taylor, 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 Snow Drain. The Survey maps it on the Flat Rock NE quadrangle. 63,409 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTaylor grew from 63,131 to 63,409 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 63,131 | |
| 2020 | 63,409 | +278 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1906 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Wayne Co Airport quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Wayne Co Airport quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Detroit Wayne Airport quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Detroit-Wayne Airport quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Flat Rock NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Taylor between 2018 and 2020, burning about 65 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHGATE FD 1903240 - 2019 |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0007107 - 2019 |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INKSTER FD 193611 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROMULUS FD 0003182 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0005833 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0005702 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEN PARK FD 0002267 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0006290 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Taylor: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Sands Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ford Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ford Clay Pit and Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Lightning | Taylor | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $4,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Taylor | $50,000 | The general public reported water covering a residential neighborhood about a foot deep. Water was estimated to have collected to a depth of 8 to 10 feet beneath overpasses. The Southland Mall closed after high water swamped parking lots and caused several vehicles to overturn. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | A tree was reported blown down across a road. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm dumped about 3 inches of rain in downtown Detroit. Several underpasses became flooded with several feet of water in the southwest part of the city. A few cars became stranded with motorists calling for help. No damages or injuries were reported. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | The intersection of Telegraph and I-94 was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Taylor Center | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Allen Park | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Inkster | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Southgate | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Eloise | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Lincoln Park | 4.9 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.
| Wikipedia article on Taylor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q988136 | 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 1614609. 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.











