Wolcott Mills, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ray Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48096. It stands on Priest Drain. The Survey maps it on the Armada quadrangle.
On record in Wolcott Mills
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Wolcott Milllisted 2009 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1914 USGS Armada quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Armada quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Armada quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Armada quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Armada quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Armada quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Wolcott Mills between 2018 and 2020, burning about 10 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LENOX TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000438 - 2019 |
| 20 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0003374 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LENOX TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000414 - 2019 |
| 21 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 436 - 2020 |
| 31 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 359 - 2018 |
| 29 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001147 - 2018 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 188 - 2019 |
| 12 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000749 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Center | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Davis | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Meade | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Macomb | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Romeo | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Armada | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Preston Corners | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Rudgate East Company Mobile Home Park | 6.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616678. 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.









