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Tecumseh, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Tecumseh City. It lies in ZIP code area 49286. It stands on Evans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tecumseh North quadrangle. 8,680 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Tecumseh within Lenawee County

On record in Tecumseh

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 12 records

Population over time

2 figures

Tecumseh grew from 8,521 to 8,680 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,521
20208,680+159 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

13 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Tecumseh between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTECUMSEH FD 676 - 2020
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON FD 231 - 2020
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTECUMSEH FD 527 - 2020
23 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTECUMSEH FD 579 - 2020
23 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000326 - 2018
14 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000313 - 2019
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000306 - 2018
2 May 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON FD 117 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lenawee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tecumseh: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Comfort Brick and Tile PitClayPast Producer
Adrian Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brady Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burkett Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irish Hills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tecumseh Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lenawee County

Storms near this place

38 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tecumseh in 38 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 lightning. 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
June 2002LightningTecumseh$150,000Lightning struck a home and set it on fire. The home sustained serious damage from the fire.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$125,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$20,000Multiple trees and powerlines down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$20,000Trees and powerlines reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$4,000Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$4,000Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$4,000Several trees were blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$3,000Multiple trees and powerlines down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$2,500Law enforcement reported power lines and trees down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$2,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$1,000Trees were reported down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$1,000A trained spotter reported power lines down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$1,000Central Dispatcher reported a tree blown down and covering both lanes of highway.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Multiple large tree limbs reported blown down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Large tree limb observed down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Tree bent in half.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Tree reported down.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-A 4 inch diameter tree was reported down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Two trees reported blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Central dispatch reported several trees blown down.
November 2005LightningTecumseh-Lightning struck the northwest corner of a home located at 509 Maple Drive in Tecumseh. The strike damaged the exterior and drywall of a bedroom.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-A ham radio operator reported that thunderstorm winds blew an 18 inch diameter tree down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Law enforcement reported that thunderstorm winds blew several 6 inch diameter tree limbs and several power lines down.
May 2011HailTecumseh-no account filed
July 2010HailTecumseh-no account filed
June 2006HailTecumseh-no account filed
June 2006HailTecumseh-no account filed
June 2006HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2004HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2004HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2004HailTecumseh-no account filed
March 2003HailTecumseh-no account filed
July 2001HailTecumseh-no account filed
July 2001HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2000HailTecumseh-no account filed
October 1999HailTecumseh-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lenawee 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
Newburg2.9 miles15
Ridgeway4.4 miles12
Clinton4.9 miles15
Holloway5.0 miles11
Raisin Center5.2 miles11
Birdsall5.3 miles12
Macon5.9 miles15
Britton6.2 miles12

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 TecumsehAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2463798The 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 1614652. 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.