Allenton, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Berlin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48002. The Survey maps it on the Allenton quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Armada quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Armada quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Allenton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Allenton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Allenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Allenton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Allenton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMONT FD 51 - 2020 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2018149 - 2018 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000039 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMONT FD 27 - 2019 |
| 18 April 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000039 - 2020 |
| 26 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 218 - 2018 |
| 15 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 183 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Allenton: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almont Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allenton in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2013: 3 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allenton | - | A 30 foot camper rolled over due to strong winds. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allenton | - | A tree fell onto a car. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allenton | - | Local law enforcement and media reported several large trees blown down. Most of the damage was around Hough Road. Trees were uprooted and soybean plants were stripped of their leaves. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesterville | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Berville | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Riley Center | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Capac | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Emmett | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lambs | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Muttonville | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wales Center | 14.2 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q136342845 | 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 1624348. 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.









