Snow removal & plowing in Richmond, MI
Published rate, 2-inch trigger, a text when your route starts, and a route plan built around what Richmond actually is rather than a county-wide average.
Price your snow removal
Pick the closest driveway, add anything else that needs clearing, and you have a real per-visit number. No form, no callback, no windshield guess.
Every price here is per visit, and it is the price you pay. No fuel surcharge, no storm surcharge, no contract required.
What plowing in Richmond actually involves
Richmond sits thirty-eight miles from downtown Detroit at the far northeast corner of our area, and it behaves like a small town rather than a suburb: a compact grid of older streets, a real downtown on M-19, and farmland immediately outside the city limits. Snow totals here run closer to what St. Clair County gets than what Warren gets, and the open ground on every side means drifting affects the outer streets more than the core.
Richmond is 5,878 residents, 2.92 square miles, a city.
Founded in 1835 by Erastus Beebe as Beebe’s Corners, merged with Ridgeway and Cooper Town in 1878, chartered as a village in 1879 and a city in 1966. Most of the city is in Macomb County, with a small portion in St. Clair County.
Richmond specifics
Roads we run: Main Street (M-19), 32 Mile Road, Division Road.
Local landmarks: Beebe Street Memorial Park, the First Congregational Church.
ZIP codes we cover in Richmond: 48062.
From our base: about 13 miles from our base in Macomb Township, which puts it later in a storm route than the communities closest to us. We say that up front rather than letting you find out in January.
Snow rules in Richmond
Who plows your street: the city plows its own streets; county roads through Richmond are plowed by the Macomb County Department of Roads, and state highways by MDOT. See who plows which roads.
How Richmond handles snow: Richmond’s Department of Public Works is on call around the clock. Crews plow and salt major streets and school areas first, then residential streets as soon as possible. From December 1 through April 1, parking is banned on curbed city streets from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. so plows can get through. Under Sec. 78-28, sidewalks must be cleared within 24 hours of snow or ice accumulating. Snow may not be shoveled, pushed or blown into the street; it can go in the strip between the sidewalk and the street as long as it does not block the walk or drivers’ view. If a notice is ignored for 48 hours, the city may clear the walk and bill the cost plus a $25 fee. DPW: 586-727-7575. Source: City of Richmond: Snow Removal; City of Richmond: Public Works; City of Richmond Code of Ordinances, Ch. 78, Sec. 78-28.
How much snow to plan for: Richmond 4 NNW, the co-op weather station in the north of the county, averaged 41.2 inches of snow and about 7 snowfalls of 2 inches or more a winter from 2009-10 to 2025-26. The full count is in how many plowable snows Macomb County gets.
What you get in Richmond
- Smaller equipment where drives run close to historic structures.
- Walks and steps on your quote cleared by hand, full width to the surface.
- Shared-drive arrangements agreed in writing before the season.
- Snow storage walked and agreed in November, not argued in January.
Old drives, tight margins
Village housing stock brings genuinely old driveways: narrow, close to the house, frequently running past a structure with no margin for error. We run smaller equipment here for that reason, and it is worth telling us about anything fragile — a stone edge, a porch column, landscape lighting — in October rather than after.
Shared drives need an agreement
A good number of village properties share a drive between two houses. That needs a conversation about who is paying and where the snow goes before the season starts, not during the first storm. We are happy to bill two households separately for one drive, but both need to have agreed the arrangement.
Elevation and timing
The villages in the north of the county sit noticeably higher and further from the lake than the shoreline communities, so they hold snow later into the spring from the same system. Worth factoring into when you think the season ends.
Commercial snow plowing in Richmond
We plow and salt plazas, offices, medical buildings, churches and apartment lots across Richmond, including the commercial stretches along Main Street and 32 Mile Road. Commercial sites run a 1-inch trigger, accessible parking and entrances are cleared first on every visit, and every stop is timestamped on our route board: the record a property manager needs when a slip-and-fall claim arrives months later.
Lots up to 7,000 square feet price at $0.057 per square foot per visit with a $150 minimum; larger Richmond sites are priced after a site walk. See commercial snow and ice management.
Hardscape work in Richmond too
We run both trades in Richmond. If you are here about snow, the hardscaping page for Richmond covers the other side — and being the same crew on the same street is why we can tell you honestly whether a plow will damage your pavers.
Questions people actually ask
How much is snow removal in Richmond?
$0.0715 per square foot per visit with a $75 minimum, the same published rate everywhere in the county. Most one- and two-car Richmond driveways come in at exactly $75. Price yours on the calculator without giving us a phone number.
Do you actually service Richmond?
Yes, Richmond is one of the 26 Macomb County communities on our routes, November 15 through April 15. It is about 13 miles from our base in Macomb Township, which means it sits later in a storm route than the communities closest to us — worth knowing before you sign rather than discovering in January.
What is the trigger depth in Richmond?
The same everywhere we work: over 2 inches residential, 1 inch commercial. Past it your Richmond property is cleared automatically without a call, and you get a text when your route starts. We do not run a deeper trigger in outlying communities to save a trip, which is a thing that happens in this trade.
What makes Richmond different to plow?
Richmond sits thirty-eight miles from downtown Detroit at the far northeast corner of our area, and it behaves like a small town rather than a suburb: a compact grid of older streets, a real downtown on M-19, and farmland immediately outside the city limits. Snow totals here run closer to what St.
Do you plow commercial lots in Richmond?
Yes: plazas, offices, medical buildings, churches and apartment communities along Main Street and 32 Mile Road and throughout Richmond. Commercial sites run a 1-inch trigger, with accessible parking and entrances cleared first and every visit timestamped.
Do you salt in Richmond as well as plow?
Yes, quoted separately from plowing. Below about 15 °F rock salt does effectively nothing, so in deep cold we use calcium chloride and say so, or recommend waiting rather than billing for a product that cannot work.
Should I go per-visit or seasonal in Richmond?
Per-visit is the default, with no contract and no lock-in. Break-even against a seasonal agreement sits near 14 to 16 visits, and a typical winter here runs about 10 at a 2-inch trigger, so per-visit usually costs less and seasonal buys a fixed number for the heavy winters. The seasonal page shows the arithmetic.
Snow guides for Richmond homeowners
Who has to shovel the sidewalk in Macomb County?
Sterling Heights and Macomb Township both require sidewalk snow clearing within 24 hours. What that means for homeowners, and the liability nobody mentions.
Updated 2026-10-05 Driveways & propertyWhy the city plow blocks your driveway, and how to beat the windrow
Why road plows leave a ridge of snow across your driveway, who has to clear it in Michigan, and the shovel-to-the-right trick that keeps the ridge smaller.
4 min read Safety & accessSnow removal for seniors in Macomb County: options that actually show up
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3 min read Hiring & reliabilityHow to choose a snow removal company in Macomb County
How to choose a snow removal company in Macomb County: a written trigger, checkable pricing, proof of insurance, a realistic route, and storm communication.
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Seasonal Snow Contracts
A seasonal contract is insurance, not a discount. Anyone selling it as a saving is describing their preference rather than your arithmetic.
quoted from measured sq ftSidewalk & Walkway Clearing
The driveway is where the car sits. The walk is where somebody falls — and it is the surface most contractors treat as an afterthought to the plowing.
from $75 per visitResidential Snow Removal
Most one- and two-car driveways in this county come in at exactly $75 a visit. You can check that yourself in about ten seconds, which is the point.
from $75 per visitCommercial Snow Removal
On a commercial site you are not really buying plowing. You are buying a lot that is open on time, and a record that holds up eighteen months later when a slip-and-fall claim arrives through an attorney.
$0.057 / sq ft · $150 minSnow Removal Pricing
Nearly every company in this county will not put a number on a web page. Here is ours, with the rate card and the arithmetic that produces it.
from $75 per visitSalting & Ice Management
Most ice complaints in this county are not a coverage problem. They are a chemistry problem — the wrong product spread at a temperature where it physically cannot work.
quoted with your plow priceSnow removal near Richmond
Distances are between community centers. All 26 communities we serve.
Book Richmond snow removal
Request a quote in two minutes, or price it on the calculator first. Past the trigger you never have to call. Routes fill through the fall.