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Vernon, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48476. It stands on Webb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corunna quadrangle. 738 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

Vernon within Shiawassee County

Population over time

2 figures

Vernon fell from 783 to 738 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
2010783
2020738-45 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Vernon between 2018 and 2019, burning about 8 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
13 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVERNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000054 - 2019
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDURAND FD 0200015 - 2019
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVERNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000048 - 2018
30 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVERNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000042 - 2019
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHIAWASSEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000029 - 2018
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCORUNNA-CALEDONIA FD 0000055 - 2019
4 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVERNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000013 - 2018
25 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVERNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000022 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shiawassee 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 Vernon: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Michigan Brick Pit and MillClayProducer
New Corunna Brick Co Clay Shale PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
New Egy.And Aetna Port.Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Blinja & Hammond Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fuoss Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lennon Sand and Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Shiawassee County

Storms near this place

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vernon in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 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
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Vernon$50,000The tornado touched down near Newburg Rd just west of Lansing Rd before moving|east across Lansing Rd. EF-0 damage occurred along the path with downed pine|trees and large tree limbs. Some structural damage was seen with siding off|of a home, outbuilding roof panels blown off and collapsed barn doors near|Newburg Rd and Vernon Rd. Peak winds estimated at 80 mph. The tornado lifted just to the southeast of Newburg Rd and S Reed Rd where there were both downed hardwood and pine trees, along with large tree limbs.
November 2005LightningVernon$50,000Lightning struck a home on M71, surging through the entire house. The interior was a total loss because of smoke damage, but the house was still standing.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindVernon$15,000Law enforcement reported that thunderstorm winds lifted a van and flipped it into the median.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindVernon$3,000A trained spotter reported large trees and power lines down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindVernon-Numerous trees reported down.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindVernon-Multiple 6 to 8 inch diameter trees reported down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindVernon-A tree limb was reported down.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindVernon-Trained spotters reported two trees down across M-13 in Lennon.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindVernon-Trained spotter reported trees blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindVernon-A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindVernon-A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2004HailVernon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shiawassee 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
Shiawasseetown2.7 miles13
Newburg3.0 miles13
Durand3.0 miles13
Bancroft4.6 miles13
Kerby4.7 miles13
Corunna5.5 miles13
Lennon6.1 miles13
Middletown6.9 miles14

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 VernonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2395139The 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 1615549. 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.