Allendale, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Allendale Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49401. The Survey maps it on the Allendale quadrangle. 27,073 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 653 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAllendale grew from 17,579 to 27,073 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 | 17,579 | |
| 2020 | 27,073 | +9,494 (+54%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1958 USGS Allendale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grandville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Allendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLENDON TOWNSHIP FD 19300 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLENDON TOWNSHIP FD 19281 - 2019 |
| 6 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP FD 201271 - 2020 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GEORGETOWN FD 0000412 - 2018 |
| 18 July 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GEORGETOWN FD 0000442 - 2019 |
| 24 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Allendale: 8 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C&L Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grand Valley Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grand Valley Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Winans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allendale in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 1999 | Hail | Allendale | $50,000 | 1.5" to 2" diameter hail was observed in Allendale. Wind damage included large limbs that were downed, and screens that were ripped off some homes. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Allendale | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | East Allendale | - | A trained spotter reported one inch diameter hail near Allendale. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Allendale | - | A 60 knot measured wind gust was recorded by Grand Valley State University weather station. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allendale | - | A 70 mile per hour wind gust was reported in Allendale. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Allendale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearline | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| North Blendon | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Eastmanville | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rusk | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lamont | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bauer | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Grand Valley | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ottawa Center | 5.7 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 Allendale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q515596 | 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 619993. 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.





