Algonac, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48001. It lies near Russell Island. The Survey maps it on the Algonac quadrangle. 4,196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.
On record in Algonac
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 2 records
LeRoy Smith Houselisted 1996
St. Clair Flats South Channel Range Lightslisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresAlgonac grew from 4,110 to 4,196 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 | 4,110 | |
| 2020 | 4,196 | +86 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1914 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Algonac between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 468 - 2018 |
| 11 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 399 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 277 - 2019 |
| 25 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 347 - 2019 |
| 11 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 296 - 2019 |
| 9 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGONAC FD 0000762 - 2020 |
| 1 October 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 1031 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Algonac in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 23 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Hail | Algonac | $125,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | $100,000 | The media and trained spotters reported numerous large trees blown down in Algonac and on Harsens Island. One tree fell onto the roof of a home. A pickup truck was destroyed by a fallen tree. Two tool sheds were also destroyed by fallen trees. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | $20,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down in Algonac. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | $10,000 | Trees and wires reported down, along with a tree branch blown onto a car. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | $6,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees and power lines down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Numerous trees and power lines down in Algonac. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Large tree limb reported blown down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Four inch diameter trees limbs reported down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | A 2 foot diameter tree was reported down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Multiple 6 inch diameter trees blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | A 1 foot in diameter tree was reported down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Powerlines were reported down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | A trained spotter reported trees blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | A trained weather spotter reported large tree limbs down at Algonac State Park. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Spotters reported one tree and power pole blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Law enforcement reported several large trees down near Algonac State Park. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | Algonac city police reported several large tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | A newspaper reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Algonac | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Algonac | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Algonac | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Algonac | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algonac | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe aux Chenes | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Grande Pointe | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pointe aux Tremble | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Roberts Landing | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sans Souci | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Maple Leaf | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pearl Beach | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Broadbridge Station | 4.3 miles | 13 |
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 Algonac | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2731289 | 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 1624342. 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.








