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Waldenburg, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Macomb Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48044. It stands on Tilch Drain. The Survey maps it on the Waldenburg quadrangle.

Waldenburg within Macomb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

53 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Waldenburg between 2018 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 4 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 use29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural4
Debris and open burning1
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 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0002381 - 2019
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0009868 - 2019
9 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0009742 - 2019
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0008251 - 2019
7 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0003200 - 2018
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0003188 - 2018
29 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0008764 - 2018
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001684 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Waldenburg: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Vergote Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

17 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waldenburg in 17 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning, 5 hail. 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
July 2012LightningWaldenburg$15,000Lightning struck a home and caused a fire in the attic.
July 2012LightningWaldenburg$15,000Lightning struck a home and caused a fire in the attic.
July 2012LightningWaldenburg$15,000Lightning struck a home and caused a fire in the attic.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWaldenburg$5,000Shingles blown off roofs and trees reported blown down.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWaldenburg$5,000Street light and power poles reported down.
August 2011LightningWaldenburg$1,000Central Dispatch reported lightning struck a house.
October 2006LightningWaldenburg$1,000Lightning struck a home, creating a small hole in the roof.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWaldenburg$500Small to meduim size tree branches were reported down at 22 Mile and Schoenner Roads.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWaldenburg-Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWaldenburg-Multiple trees and wires down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWaldenburg-Small tree limbs were reported down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWaldenburg-Trees were reported blown down.
April 2010HailWaldenburg-Penny size hail covered the ground with some golfball size hail as well.
June 2013HailWaldenburg-no account filed
April 2010HailWaldenburg-no account filed
April 2010HailWaldenburg-no account filed
June 2009HailWaldenburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb 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
Macomb3.2 miles17
Preston Corners4.2 miles17
Clinton4.9 miles18
Chesterfield5.0 miles17
Shelby5.2 miles18
Mount Clemens5.2 miles18
Davis5.2 miles17
Meade5.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615682. 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.