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Water damage restoration and cleanup in Chesterfield Township, Michigan

Chesterfield Township runs from canal-front homes on Anchor Bay to newer subdivisions off Gratiot and 23 Mile; after two nights of flooding in August 2023 it declared a local emergency. We keep a residential response team and commercial teams for the township.

Call 248-845-0000Request help
From our office
32.7 miles, about 46 min
ZIP codes
48047 · 48051
Area code
586

Our work in Chesterfield Township

Residential and commercial RMO teams cover Chesterfield Township, Macomb Township and Clinton Township.

  • Residential
  • Commercial
  • Water damage

Anchor Bay homes, newer subdivisions and the stores on Gratiot

We have a strong residential response team for Chesterfield Township and its neighbors, and commercial teams for the shopping centers and businesses along Gratiot Avenue and 23 Mile Road. Commercial buildings can keep us on standby, so the call goes straight to a crew.

Here that can mean lake water over a seawall into a canal-front home, or a basement in a newer subdivision after a storm. Either way we pump it out, dry it with daily readings and document it for your insurer.

How fast we reach Chesterfield Township

Our office in Southfield is 25.8 miles from the middle of Chesterfield Township: about 32.7 miles by road, or 46 minutes when traffic is light. Across Macomb County a crew is on site in about 60 minutes, day or night, and when you call we give you a real arrival time.

From Southfield, crews take I-696 east to I-94, then north to the Hall Road, 21 Mile or 23 Mile exit.

  1. You call

    A person answers 248-845-0000, day or night, and asks what happened and where.

  2. A crew heads to Chesterfield Township

    Trucks leave with the pumps, extractors, air movers and dehumidifiers the job needs, 32.7 miles from our office.

  3. On site in about 60 minutes

    The crew stops the water, makes the property safe and starts the drying the same visit.

Why Chesterfield Township homes and buildings flood

When homes in Chesterfield Township were built

27%before 1980

  1. 1939 or earlier: 1% of homes
  2. 1940s: 1% of homes
  3. 1950s: 5% of homes
  4. 1960s: 5% of homes
  5. 1970s: 15% of homes
  6. 1980s: 15% of homes
  7. 1990s: 23% of homes
  8. 2000s: 23% of homes
  9. 2010s: 9% of homes
  10. 2020 or later: 4% of homes

Median year built: 1994, across 19,139 homes and apartments. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, table B25034.

Households that asked FEMA for help
  • August 2014 flood (DR-4195)42
  • June 2021 flood (DR-4607)11
  • August 2023 storms (DR-4757)451

Registrations from Chesterfield Township mailing addresses. A registration is a household asking for help, not proof of damage, and mailing addresses don’t follow city limits exactly. FEMA, OpenFEMA Housing Assistance data, pulled 2026-10-12.

  • August 2023

    After two nights of heavy rain on August 23 and 24, 2023, the township declared a local state of emergency and sent damage evaluators to homes.

    Source: Chesterfield Township

  • High water on Anchor Bay

    When Lake St. Clair hit record levels in 2019, lake water came over seawalls along the township's canals; one homeowner ran six pumps behind about 1,500 sandbags.

    Source: FOX 2 Detroit

  • A drain blocked for decades

    In December 2025, county crews found walls of sandbags inside a drain culvert at I-94 and 23 Mile Road that had blocked storm water for decades, linked to flooding near the interchange.

    Source: FOX 2 Detroit

Services in Chesterfield Township

Chesterfield's shopping centers are along Gratiot Avenue and 23 Mile Road, where M-3 meets I-94, and older lakeside communities line Jefferson Avenue along Anchor Bay.

Local resources for Chesterfield Township property owners

Created in 1842 and a charter township since 1989. About 46,152 people live in Chesterfield Township (Census, 2020–2024 estimate). If a public sewer backed up into your building, Michigan law asks you to give written notice to the agency that runs the sewer (the city, township or county) within 45 days of finding the damage.

Chesterfield Township neighborhoods

  • Anchor Bay Gardens
  • Anchor Bay Harbor
  • Anchor Bay Shores
  • Chesterfield Shores
  • Lottivue
  • Point Lakeview
Chesterfield Township ZIP codes, with housing age and FEMA history (2)
Chesterfield Township ZIP codes, with the median year homes were built and FEMA aid registrations after each flood
ZIP codeMedian home builtFEMA 2014FEMA 2021FEMA 2023
4804719923318577
4805119971419142

ZIP codes from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP-to-place relationship file; housing age from ACS 2020–2024; registrations from OpenFEMA.

Chesterfield Township questions

How fast can you get to Chesterfield Township?

Chesterfield Township is about 46 minutes from our Southfield office in light traffic (32.7 miles by road). Across Macomb County a crew is on site in about 60 minutes, day or night. Call 248-845-0000 and we'll give you a real arrival time.

Which Chesterfield Township ZIP codes do you cover?

Every part of Chesterfield Township, including 48047 and 48051. If you're near the edge of Chesterfield Township, call and we'll confirm right away.

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