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Ypsilanti, Michigan

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Ypsilanti City. It lies in ZIP code area 48197. It stands on Superior Number One Drain. The Survey maps it on the Ypsilanti East quadrangle. 20,648 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.

Ypsilanti within Washtenaw County

On record in Ypsilanti

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 9 records

Population over time

3 figures

Ypsilanti grew from 3,955 to 20,648 between 1860 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
18603,955
201019,435
202020,648+1,213 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Ypsilanti between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 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/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 751468 - 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
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000516 - 2019
10 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP DPS 2000626 - 2020
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0001609 - 2018
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI FD 0000768 - 2018
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 381151 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ypsilanti: 3 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
Liberty Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

51 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ypsilanti in 51 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 27 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 4 lightning. 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 2005Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti$50,000Trees and power lines were brought down on the south side of Ypsilanti. Tree damage was heavy along Hawkins, First and Harriet streets. A telephone pole on Armstrong Street was snapped.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti$30,000no account filed
May 1998LightningYpsilanti$18,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti$10,000A large tree was uprooted and fell onto a house.
June 2001LightningYpsilanti$10,000Lightning struck Edmunson Middle School in Ypsilanti Township, igniting the roof of the gymnasium.
July 2001HailYpsilanti$10,000Several vehicles damaged by hail at state police post.
June 1999LightningYpsilanti$10,000Lightning struck an apartment building and started a fire.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti$8,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti$5,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti$2,000Large tree limbs were reported down, along with damage to a church.
October 1997LightningYpsilanti$2,000Lightning struck a house, blowing a hole in a wall and doing about 2000 dollars worth of damage.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti$1,000Large tree limbs were downed. In nearby Ann Arbor, a 48 mph gust was measured.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-A large tree was blown down onto a parked car.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Four inch diameter tree limb reported down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Measured wind gust of 58 mph by Ypsilanti ASOS.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Law enforcement reported a tree 1 foot in diameter down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Numerous large tree limbs were reported blown down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-A trained spotter reported telephone poles broken and estimated wind gusts to 70 MPH.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Law enforcement reported trees blown down.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Spotters reported 9 to 12 inch diameter tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Trained spotters reported several 9 inch diameter tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Spotters reported a 8 inch diameter tree blown down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-A trained weather spotter reported large trees down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-A boat capsized on Ford Lake, but all of its passengers were rescued without incident.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-A trained spotter reported trees and power lines blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-The general public reported several large trees blown down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-Trees blown down.
July 2023HailYpsilanti-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-no account filed
May 2014HailYpsilanti-no account filed
July 2013HailYpsilanti-no account filed
June 2010HailYpsilanti-no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-no account filed
March 2006HailYpsilanti-no account filed
March 2006HailYpsilanti-no account filed
June 2006HailYpsilanti-no account filed
September 2005HailYpsilanti-no account filed
May 2004HailYpsilanti-no account filed
May 2004HailYpsilanti-no account filed
May 2004HailYpsilanti-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-no account filed
May 2004HailYpsilanti-no account filed
July 2004HailYpsilanti-no account filed
May 2003HailYpsilanti-no account filed
June 2002HailYpsilanti-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindYpsilanti-no account filed
May 2000HailYpsilanti-no account filed
October 1999HailYpsilanti-no account filed
June 1999HailYpsilanti-no account filed
June 1998HailYpsilanti-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
Eastlawn1.4 miles20
Superior2.0 miles22
Willow Run2.3 miles24
Geddes3.4 miles22
Rawsonville3.7 miles20
Dixboro5.4 miles22
Lincoln5.8 miles20
Paint Creek6.0 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on YpsilantiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1021681The 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 1616910. 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.