Imlay City, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Imlay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48444. The Survey maps it on the Imlay City quadrangle. 3,703 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
On record in Imlay City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Fairweather, James F.-Lamb, Jacob C., Houselisted 1985
Charles Palmer Houselisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresImlay City grew from 3,597 to 3,703 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 | 3,597 | |
| 2020 | 3,703 | +106 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Imlay City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Imlay City between 2004 and 2019, burning about 20 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IMLAY CITY FD 0000051 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATTICA TOWNSHIP FD 0000023 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IMLAY CITY FD 0000041 - 2018 |
| 24 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATTICA TOWNSHIP FD 0000019 - 2018 |
| 19 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000006 - 2018 |
| 4 November 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IMLAY CITY FD 0000122 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Imlay City: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farley's Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Attica Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Baritt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vannini Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Imlay City in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | $100,000 | Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down, some of which brought down power lines and fell onto homes. Power lines were also reported being snapped. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Imlay City | $45,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Lightning | Imlay City | $25,000 | A newspaper reported that a house was struck by lightning and caught fire. The damage was reportedly confined to one bedroom and its contents. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | $15,000 | An old barn was blown over and wires were also reported down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | $8,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | $5,000 | Multiple trees and power line reported down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | $5,000 | The local newspaper reported a large tree branch 15 inches in diameter down on two cars parked in the driveway of a home on S. Almont Ave. The damage to the cars was estimated at roughly $5K. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | $3,000 | Numerous power lines and tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | $2,000 | Power lines were reported blown down by the wind. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Numerous trees and power lines down across the county, particularly across Lapeer, Attica, and north of Imlay City. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Trees reported down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Numerous trees and power lines reported down across Imlay City, as well as much of southern Lapeer county. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | A tree was reported blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Several 4 inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Broadcast media reported large tree branches down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | A local newspaper reported several trees blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down. A section of a barn roof was also ripped off. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Imlay City | - | Reports of extensive flooding on streets throughout Lapeer and Imlay City. A trained spotter reported 2.9 inches of rain had fallen. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Dozens of trees and tree limbs down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | A trained spotter reported a small tree and tree limbs down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | A trained weather spotter reported a small tree and 6 inch tree limbs down. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Hail of 0.75-inch diameter fell in both Metamora and North branch. Thunderstorm winds gusts knocked down power lines in Imlay City. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down power lines and scattered large trees in Imlay City. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Imlay City | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Imlay City | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Imlay City | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Imlay City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Imlay City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imlay City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attica | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Goodland | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dryden | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lum | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Almont | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Kings Mill | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Thornville | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Five Lakes | 11.5 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 Imlay City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q589348 | 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 628928. 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.




