Albion, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Albion City. It lies in ZIP code area 49224. It stands on South Branch Kalamazoo River. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Albion quadrangle. 7,700 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
On record in Albion
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Gardner Houselisted 1971
Eugene P. Robertson Houselisted 1988
Superior Street Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresAlbion fell from 8,616 to 7,700 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 | 8,616 | |
| 2020 | 7,700 | -916 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Homer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Homer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Southwest Albion quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Southwest Albion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Albion between 2018 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 7 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARMA-SANDSTONE FD 504 - 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBION DPS 0000069 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CONCORD FD 2019147 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP FD 2018076 - 2018 |
| 27 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBION DPS 0000066 - 2019 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP FD 2018085 - 2018 |
| 1 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP FD 2018074 - 2018 |
| 5 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARMA-SANDSTONE FD 0000295 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Albion: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Bros Contractors, Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tekonsha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $500,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts of up to 70 to 80 mph that brought down numerous trees and power lines in and near Albion, resulting in numerous power outages and a closure of Albion college for several days due to all the wind damage and loss of power. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $100,000 | Numerous large trees were blown down in Albion. Trees and power lines were also blown down throughout city of Battle Creek. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $15,000 | Calhoun county central dispatch reported that several trees were blown down, mainly around Albion. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Albion | $10,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported one mile north of Albion, and several trees were blown down just east of Marshall and two miles north of Albion. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | Three trees were blown down onto L Drive North in Albion. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $5,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust of over 70 mph was recorded by the Sheridan Township Fire Department. Scattered limbs and a few pine trees were blown down around the city of Albion. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $2,000 | A trained spotter reported a downed tree and several downed power lines near Albion. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $1,000 | A tree was downed just north of Albion. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | Trees uprooted with multiple utility poles downed. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | Wind damage was reported near the intersection of Erie and Hannah streets, where one tree fell onto an Amtrak train resulting in damage to the brakes. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | The Albion Recorder reported downed trees and power lines in the city of Albion. One tree fell in front of the Masonic Temple at Center and Clinton Streets. The tree fell on a power line which sparked a small fire on the utility pole. Damage estimates were not available. |
| September 1994 | Hail | Albion | - | Hail covered ground to a depth of 0.25 inch. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | Winds gusted to near 70 mph as the thunderstorms moved through Albion. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Albion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Condit | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Marengo | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Eckford | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Homer | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rice Creek | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Clarence Center | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Albion Landing | 9.7 miles | 15 |
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 Albion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2327553 | 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 619906. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







