Elkton, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oliver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48731. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle. 796 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElkton fell from 808 to 796 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 | 808 | |
| 2020 | 796 | -12 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Elkton between 2003 and 2019, burning about 16 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BAD AXE AREA FD 2019084 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BAD AXE AREA FD 2019041 - 2019 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLIVER TOWNSHIP FD 2019031 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLIVER TOWNSHIP FD 2019030 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLIVER TOWNSHIP FD 2019033 - 2019 |
| 14 April 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLIVER TOWNSHIP FD 2019027 - 2019 |
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 Elkton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon Plant | Asbestos | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkton in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkton | - | A barn collapsed from the wind. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Elkton | - | One to two feet of water covering numerous intersections in Bad Axe due to heavy rain. Three to six inches of rain was estimated to have fallen. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkton | - | A few large tree limbs were blown down. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Elkton | - | A trained spotter reported hailstones of dime to penny size. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkton | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkton | - | A trained spotter reported 5 inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkton | - | Numerous trees were either blown down or snapped clean off their bases. Six farm buildings were either damaged or destroyed. Power lines were downed, along with overturned outbuildings. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkton | - | A trained spotter reported 4 inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a barn in the community of Elkton, according to Huron county sheriff. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Elkton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Elkton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Elkton | - | 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.
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 Elkton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q940632 | 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 625466. 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.



