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Willow Run, Michigan

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ypsilanti Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48198. The Survey maps it on the Denton quadrangle.

Willow Run within Washtenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

17 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Willow Run between 2018 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0006436 - 2019
3 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001606 - 2019
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0002536 - 2018
12 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001431 - 2019
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000516 - 2019
24 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000502 - 2019
14 June 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0004070 - 2018
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0001609 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Willow Run: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Paint Creek Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Berlin Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kruse Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willow Run in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWillow Run$50,000A very large tree landed on two cars and a house.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWillow Run$5,000Large trees and powerlines reported blown down.
July 2025Flash FloodWillow Run-Water over roadway with multiple stranded vehicles near Stamford Rd and MacArthur Blvd. Water over roadway with a vehicle stranded near Washtenaw Ave and Glencoe Hills Drive. Curb to curb street flooding near the intersection of E Spring and S Grove Streets. |6 Mile and Northville Rd impassable due to flood waters; cars getting stuck.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWillow Run-A medium size tree limb fell onto the road.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWillow Run-Spotter estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindWillow Run-A few 4 to 5 inch diameter trees were reported blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWillow Run-A 14 inch diameter tree was blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWillow Run-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWillow Run-no account filed
August 2008HailWillow Run-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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
Eastlawn1.7 miles20
Ypsilanti2.3 miles20
Rawsonville3.1 miles20
Superior3.4 miles22
Geddes5.0 miles22
Frain Lake5.5 miles24
Dixboro5.8 miles22
Willis6.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616541. 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.