Troy, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Troy City. It lies in ZIP code area 48098. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham quadrangle. 87,294 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
On record in Troy
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 2 records
Brooks Farmlisted 1972
Caswell Houselisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresTroy grew from 80,980 to 87,294 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 | 80,980 | |
| 2020 | 87,294 | +6,314 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1908 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Troy between 2018 and 2019, burning about 87 acres in total. 5 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005784 - 2018 |
| 30 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0010507 - 2018 |
| 15 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0009894 - 2018 |
| 1 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0004453 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0008320 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0008245 - 2018 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0008176 - 2018 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TROY FD 0002242 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Troy: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fries Tile Works' Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Macomb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morgan Number 1 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Underwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troy in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 7 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 2006 | Lightning | Troy | 1 hurt, $15,000 | One family member suffered minor injuries related directly to a lightning strike that created flying glass when the fireplace door exploded. There was no fire but the chimney was destroyed and the family room and kitchen were also damaged. Property damage was roughly estimated at $15K. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Troy | 1 hurt | An 11 year old boy was struck by lightning on Garry Road. CPR was performed on the boy, who later recovered. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Lightning | Troy | $30,000 | Lightning struck a home, sparking a full blown fire. The fire consumed the attached garage of the tri-level home and extended into the attic. Property damage was roughly estimated at $30K based on pictures included in the newspaper. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $10,000 | Tree reported blown down onto a house. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Troy | $10,000 | Lightning struck the roof of an attached garage. Firefighters extinguished the fire and halted the spread into the main house. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $6,000 | Trees were downed in a subdivision off of South Boulevard. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $5,000 | Wires reported down. |
| May 1999 | Lightning | Troy | $3,000 | A lightning strike ignited a house fire in an attic. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $1,000 | About 6,000 people were without power after strong winds blew down power lines. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | One foot diameter tree reported blown down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | Large tree blown down onto power line. |
| September 2005 | Lightning | Troy | - | Lightning sparked a fire to a Regent's Park Apartment Complex. The roof was partially damaged. |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Troy | - | Lightning stuck a home in the 300 block of Aspinwall. Fire officials found charred wood and burnt insulation in the home. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | A trained spotter measure a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Trees were also reported blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which resulted in a few large tree limbs down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | A 70 MPH thunderstorm wind gust was measured by a trained spotter. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Troy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Beaver | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Rochester Hills | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Auburn Heights | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Charing Cross | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Clawson | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Birmingham | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rochester | 5.2 miles | 21 |
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 Troy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q990271 | 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 1615125. 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.









