Britton, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ridgeway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49229. It stands on Springbrook Drain. The Survey maps it on the Deerfield quadrangle. 537 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBritton fell from 586 to 537 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 | 586 | |
| 2020 | 537 | -49 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1939 USGS Blissfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Blissfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Deerfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Britton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIDGEWAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000141 - 2018 |
| 18 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 336 - 2020 |
| 13 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 326 - 2020 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIDGEWAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000075 - 2019 |
| 5 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIDGEWAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000071 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 285 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIDGEWAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000069 - 2019 |
| 24 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000182 - 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 Britton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort Brick and Tile Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Irish Hills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Britton in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2002 | Lightning | Britton | $100,000 | A newspaper reported that lightning struck a home in Macon Township and set it on fire, causing considerable damage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | $10,000 | Trees, large tree limbs, and power lines down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | $1,000 | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | A large tree limb was observed down. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | Multiple trees blown down. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | Measured gust via personal weather station. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | A tree was reported blown down on the road. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | Numerous trees reported blown down east of Adrian. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | Trained spotter reported a tree 4 feet in diameter blown down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Britton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Britton | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Britton | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Britton | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Britton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Britton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeway | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Holloway | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Macon | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tecumseh | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Deerfield | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Raisin Center | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wellsville | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Newburg | 8.2 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 Britton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3319811 | 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 622012. 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.





