Akron, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Akron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48701. The Survey maps it on the Fairgrove quadrangle. 349 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAkron fell from 402 to 349 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 402 | |
| 2020 | 349 | -53 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Fairgrove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Akron between 2009 and 2020, burning about 8 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AKRON FD 7901025 - 2020 |
| 11 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRGROVE FD 0002518 - 2018 |
| 4 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TURKEY |
| 28 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRGROVE FD 0001919 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRGROVE FD 0001419 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRGROVE FD 0001219 - 2019 |
| 22 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REESE FIRE RESCUE 29 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Akron in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Lightning | Akron | $100,000 | A newspaper reported that a lightning strike had caused a house to burn down. Lightning struck the home on Saturday evening, the 26th, sparking electrical problems. The electrical problem caused the home to go up in flames 24 hours later, at 1830 EST on the 27th. Total property damages were estimated at $100K. |
| November 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Akron | $100,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed a tornado touched down near the intersection of Kirk and Akron Roads. Grain bins along Kirk and Cass City roads were destroyed. A barn near Ringle and Dickerson roads was also damaged just before the tornado lifted. In addition, a trailer house was a moved over eight feet and a shed was damaged. The tornado also brought down tree limbs and power lines. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | $35,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | $6,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | $3,000 | Power lines down. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | $500 | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts snapped about the top 12 feet of five pine trees at a residence, caused minor shingle damage to the roof of the home, and knocked down the television antenna on the roof. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | - | Over a dozen trees reported blown down or snapped across northern Tuscola county. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | - | Numerous trees and power lines reported down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts broke off seven utlitily poles near the intersection of Cook and Dickerson Roads. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | - | A trained spotter reported trees blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | - | A new playground set was blown around. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Akron | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairgrove | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Wisner | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bradleyville | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Colling | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Unionville | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Oakhurst | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bay Park | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gilford | 7.7 miles | 10 |
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 Akron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2829150 | The 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 619882. 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.
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.



