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Washington, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48094. It stands on King Drain. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle.

Washington within Macomb County

On record in Washington

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

32 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Washington between 2018 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005593 - 2018
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001684 - 2019
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001517 - 2019
13 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001820 - 2018
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0002731 - 2019
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001486 - 2018
30 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0004548 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Washington: 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Compton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holloway Oakland County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Natural Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sees Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindWashington$60,000Large trees and power poles reported down.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWashington$20,000Partial roof and siding damage to a building. Multiple trees blown down with powerline snapped.
July 2000Flash FloodWashington$10,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindWashington$8,000A trained spotter reported a power pole snapped in half by thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWashington$5,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWashington$5,000no account filed
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWashington$3,000Seven large pine trees and power lines blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWashington$3,000Trees and powerlines reported down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindWashington$3,000Power lines were blown down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindWashington$3,000no account filed
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWashington$2,000Power lines reported down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWashington$2,000no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWashington$1,000Three inch diameter tree branches reported down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees reported down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees reported down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous trees reported down.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous trees and power lines were reported down around Washington Township.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous large tree branches blown down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees reported snapped or uprooted.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWashington-Power outage reported due to tree damage.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWashington-Power lines reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindWashington-Nine to ten inch diameter trees blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWashington-A trained spotter reported tree limbs 2 to 3 inches in diameter down and estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWashington-Power lines were reported blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWashington-A 12 inch diameter tree and tree limbs were reported down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWashington-A trained spotter reported numerous trees down.
May 2016HailWashington-no account filed
May 2016HailWashington-no account filed
April 2014HailWashington-no account filed
June 2012HailWashington-no account filed
June 2011HailWashington-no account filed
July 2010HailWashington-no account filed
May 2007HailWashington-no account filed
May 2000HailWashington-no account filed
May 2000HailWashington-no account filed
July 2000HailWashington-no account filed
July 1996HailWashington-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
Rudgate East Company Mobile Home Park0.8 miles18
Preston Corners2.7 miles17
Disco2.8 miles18
Mount Vernon3.0 miles18
Shelby3.7 miles18
Davis4.0 miles17
Macomb4.4 miles17
Clifton Mill4.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615796. 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.