Thornville, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Dryden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48455. It stands on Whigville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thornville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1945 USGS Thornville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Thornville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Thornville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Thornville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 |
| 31 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000243 - 2018 |
| 17 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000218 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000119 - 2018 |
| 27 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DRYDEN TOWNSHIP FD 0018026 - 2018 |
| 24 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATTICA TOWNSHIP FD 0000019 - 2018 |
| 23 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000115 - 2018 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARCADIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Thornville: 6 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapeer County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Metamora Pit and Mil | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parrish Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Paton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peake Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St Clair County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thornville in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metamora | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hunters Creek | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dryden | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Farmers Creek | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Attica | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lapeer | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hadley | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Imlay City | 9.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1614802. 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.






