RMO serves Metro Detroit today. These pages describe where we plan to grow.
Middle East
Nine in ten Dearborn Heights homes were built before 1980, most of them with basements, and the storms of 2021 and 2023 sent more than 5,000 households here to FEMA for help. We serve a lot of homes in the city.
We serve a lot of homes in Dearborn Heights, as we do in Dearborn and Livonia: basements that back up in a storm, pipes that burst in a cold snap, water from a failed appliance.
When a backup brings sewage into a basement, we treat it as the Category 3 water it is: protective gear, removal of what can't be saved, cleaning, disinfecting and drying, with records for the insurer and the city.
Our office in Southfield is 9.3 miles from the middle of Dearborn Heights: about 12.6 miles by road, or 23 minutes when traffic is light. Across Wayne 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 Telegraph Road or the Southfield Freeway (M-39) south; Ford Road crosses the city east to west.
A person answers 248-845-0000, day or night, and asks what happened and where.
Trucks leave with the pumps, extractors, air movers and dehumidifiers the job needs, 12.6 miles from our office.
The crew stops the water, makes the property safe and starts the drying the same visit.
90%before 1980
Median year built: 1958, across 23,808 homes and apartments. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, table B25034.
Registrations from Dearborn Heights 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.
The north end drains to the Rouge River and the south end to the North Branch of Ecorse Creek, and the city names both as flood-prone.
Source: City of Dearborn HeightsEcorse Creek at Dearborn Heights reached a record 10.22 feet early on August 12, 2014, and flooded basements were reported across the city.
Source: National Weather ServiceIn 2024, $3.18 million in FEMA buyout funds bought 18 flood-prone homes along Ecorse Creek to become green space. The Army Corps of Engineers estimates $22 million in average annual flood damage in the Ecorse Creek watershed.
Source: Planet DetroitA gauge near the city recorded 5.20 inches on June 26, 2021, and the Middle Rouge crested at its second-highest level on record, putting low parts of Hines Drive under about five feet of water.
Source: National Weather ServiceDearborn Heights is mostly homes, with its shops and businesses along Telegraph Road, Ford Road and Michigan Avenue.
Incorporated as a city in 1960. About 61,771 people live in Dearborn Heights (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.
| ZIP code | Median home built | FEMA 2014 | FEMA 2021 | FEMA 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48125 | 1955 | 684 | 371 | 557 |
| 48127 | 1959 | 735 | 1,974 | 2,263 |
ZIP codes from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP-to-place relationship file; housing age from ACS 2020–2024; registrations from OpenFEMA.
Dearborn Heights is about 23 minutes from our Southfield office in light traffic (12.6 miles by road). Across Wayne 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.
Every part of Dearborn Heights, including 48125 and 48127. If you're near the edge of Dearborn Heights, call and we'll confirm right away.
Yes, in both of the city's flood-prone areas: the Rouge River side in the north end and the Ecorse Creek side in the south end, where backed-up storm drains can push water into basements even before the creek floods.
Leave your name and number and a coordinator will call you back. If water is still coming in, or there’s smoke or sewage, call now.
Call 24/7248-845-0000Your details
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