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Williamsville, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Unadilla Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48137. It stands on Unadilla Stockbridge Drain. The Survey maps it on the Gregory quadrangle.

Williamsville within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Williamsville between 1996 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201910
17 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesUNADILLA TOWNSHIP FD 0000138 - 2018
15 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 202010
9 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 1900610 - 2019
9 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 190826 - 2019
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201904
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesUNADILLA TOWNSHIP FD 050 - 2019
29 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPUTNAM TOWNSHIP FD 0000203 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston 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 Williamsville: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 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
Gay Sperrys'Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Stockbridge Clay PitClayPast Producer
Livingston County Road CommissionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsville in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023Tornado (EF0)Williamsville$50,000A weak tornado with maximum winds of 70 mph tracked east-northeast from northeast Jackson County and briefly crossed into Livingston County before dissipating just northeast of Leeke Road and north of Bowdish Road. One business along the path sustained some minor structural damage that included roof damage and siding damage to an outbuilding.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville-Trees reported down and a barn suffered damage, which included parts of the roof.

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Gregory1.5 miles16
Unadilla2.2 miles16
Kaiserville3.6 miles16
Bullis Crossing3.9 miles16
Plainfield4.0 miles16
Chalkerville4.2 miles16
Anderson5.3 miles16
Hell5.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616517. 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.