Clarkston Water Damage Restoration

In the City of the Village of Clarkston itself, 145 of 447 homes (32 percent) date from 1939 or earlier and 32 more from the 1940s. That is a much older stock than the surrounding township.

The median home in the City of the Village of Clarkston was built in 1957.

337 of the 447 homes in the city of Clarkston (75 percent) were built before 1980.

Renters occupy 165 of the 410 occupied homes in the city of Clarkston (40 percent); 245 are owner-occupied.

Only 271 of the city's 447 housing units are single-family detached houses (61 percent), and 114 units (25 percent) sit in 3-to-4-unit buildings.

Median home value in the city of Clarkston is $457,800 and median gross rent is $1,382 a month.

Utility gas heats 342 of the 410 occupied homes in the city of Clarkston, and electricity heats 61.

The median home in Independence Township, which surrounds the city, was built in 1986.

The city bills sewer at a flat $128.00 per quarter per household plus a $44.00 sewer repair charge for two years. Unpaid bills 150 days past due go on the December tax roll.

City of Clarkston residents get municipal water through Independence Township, and questions about connecting go to the township at 248-625-8222.

Independence Township has over 129 miles of sanitary sewer, 6 miles of force main, 3,275 manholes and 13 sanitary pumping stations.

The township's sanitary sewers flow into the Clinton Oakland Sewage Disposal System, run by the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner, and then to the Great Lakes Water Authority treatment plant.

The township's 13 sanitary pump stations were built between 1971 and 1996.

A 2017 metering study measured sewage flow from the Village of Clarkston and looked for places in the township where excess rain or groundwater enters the sanitary sewer.

The Hidden Lake, Meyers and Major pump stations are ejector-style stations built in the early 1970s that lift sewage with compressed air.

Independence Township's DPW has a posted notice for the sanitary sewer pump station improvement project, with an environmental assessment.

Township sewer is billed at a flat $128.37 per quarter per residential equivalent unit, effective July 1, 2026.

All street lights in the City of the Village of Clarkston belong to DTE Energy. The city DPW cannot replace burned-out lights and files repair requests with DTE.

After an ice storm on Friday, December 26, 2025, at least a hundred Clarkston homes lost power for nearly three days, and DTE's outage map blamed ice on lines and equipment.

On September 5, 2014 storm winds left nearly 400,000 homes and businesses in southeast Michigan without power, and NOAA logged a large tree limb and power line down in Clarkston.

On June 22, 2011 NOAA logged 0.75-inch hail at Clarkston in a line of storms with widespread tree damage.

On June 27, 2013 a 52-knot thunderstorm gust blew a 1.5-foot-diameter tree across Waldon Road at Clarkston, in a day when storms caused flash flooding in other parts of Oakland County.

On September 5, 2014 two thunderstorm wind reports at Clarkston at 52 knots brought down trees and a power line.

On September 3, 2015 a large tree was blown down at Clarkston in 52-knot thunderstorm winds.

The December 13, 2017 clipper dropped 8.5 inches of snow at Clarkston, the second-highest total in NOAA's list for southeast Michigan that day.

On August 28, 2025 a house on Forest Valley Drive in Independence Township was about 75 percent involved in fire at arrival, and eight neighboring fire departments assisted. No injuries were reported.

A Labor Day 2025 fire (September 1) that started in a garage on Middle Lake Road in Clarkston left the home completely engulfed and destroyed. Authorities said a delay in calling the fire department followed an attempt to use a garden hose.

The Village of Clarkston is a Michigan State Historic Site (January 16, 1976) and is on the National Register of Historic Places (May 15, 1979).

The Clarkston Village Historic District covers Buffalo, Church, Depot, Holcomb, Miller, Waldon and Washington streets, plus Clarkston Road and Main Street (M-15).

In the city's historic district, any exterior alteration must be approved by the Historic District Commission, except simple maintenance. The rules do not cover paint color. Owners must get approval before starting.

The Clarkston Historic District Commission meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at City Hall, 375 Depot Street, and offers an application for a work permit within the district.

The City of the Village of Clarkston no longer runs its own building department. Independence Township's Building Department handles building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits and inspections for city addresses at 248-625-8111.

The township building office is on the second floor of the township office building at 6483 Waldon Center Drive and is open Monday through Thursday, 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

A building permit in the city is needed before building or renovating a structure, and also when the use or occupancy of a structure changes.

For commercial and multiple-family projects, the township says plan review takes about 3 to 4 weeks, and electrical, plumbing and heating/air-conditioning permits are separate.

Independence Township DPW's office is at 6050 Flemings Lake Road, open Monday through Thursday 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM, and it lists an emergency cell phone number, 248-866-4844.

City of the Village of Clarkston administrative offices are at 375 Depot Road and the main number is 248-625-1559.

Independence Fire Department headquarters is at 6500 Citation Drive and its non-emergency number is (248) 625-1924.