Watrousville, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Juniata Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48768. The Survey maps it on the Gilford quadrangle.
On record in Watrousville
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
Watrous General Storelisted 1974
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gilford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Watrousville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRGROVE FD 0003419 - 2019 |
| 14 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VASSAR FD 1162018 - 2018 |
| 6 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARO FD 0000117 - 2018 |
| 29 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VASSAR FD 1062018 - 2018 |
| 15 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VASSAR FD 0822018 - 2018 |
| 4 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VASSAR FD 0802018 - 2018 |
| 13 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VASSAR FD 0322019 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Watrousville: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterhans Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit No 1 and Plant M-46 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sargent Sand Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tuscola County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Washburn Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watrousville in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watrousville | $500 | A tree was reported down. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watrousville | - | Power lines reported down, along with a roof blown off. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watrousville | - | Trees and wire reported down. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Watrousville | - | Several roads were closed due to flooding from heavy showers and thundertorms. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Watrousville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Watrousville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karrs Corner | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wahjamega | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fairgrove | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gilford | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Vassar | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Caro | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Denmark Junction | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Juniata | 7.8 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122598973 | 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 1615868. 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.




