Barryton, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49305. It stands on North Branch Chippewa River. The Survey maps it on the Merrill Lake quadrangle. 405 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBarryton grew from 355 to 405 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 | 355 | |
| 2020 | 405 | +50 (+14%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Merrill Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Barryton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 141 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOTTAWA-SHERMAN TWP FD 0000254 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2008 | Other causes | 6.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 01 |
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 Barryton: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecosta County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barryton in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Barryton | $75,000 | The Chippewa Vista subdivision had some flooding due to flooding on the Chippewa River near Barryton. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Barryton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Barryton | $20,000 | A report of three quarters inch hail was received from Barryton. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barryton | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees blown down in Barryton. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barryton | $10,000 | An emergency manager reported that numerous trees were blown down about 9 miles west of Barryton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Vista | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Titus | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chippewa Lake | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mecosta | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Remus | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pogy | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rodney | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Grant Center | 13.6 miles | 14 |
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 Barryton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1816095 | 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 620652. 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.







