Inkster, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Inkster City. It lies in ZIP code area 48141. It stands on Perrin Drain. The Survey maps it on the Inkster quadrangle. 26,088 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
On record in Inkster
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 1 record
- Malcolm X Houselisted 2021
Population over time
2 figuresInkster grew from 25,369 to 26,088 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 | 25,369 | |
| 2020 | 26,088 | +719 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1905 USGS Plymouth quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Wayne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1912 USGS Wayne quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Inkster quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Inkster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Inkster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Inkster quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Inkster quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Inkster between 2018 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 5 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INKSTER FD 193611 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROMULUS FD 0003182 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0005833 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0005702 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR FD 0006290 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0030198 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WESTLAND FD 196293 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WESTLAND FD 196253 - 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 Inkster: 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Sands Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ford Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inkster in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | Uprooted trees reported. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | Trees reported down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | A spotter estimated 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | A 24 inch diameter tree was reported snapped in half. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | A 10 inch diameter tree was reported down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | Numerous 4 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | A trained spotter reported a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Inkster | - | A foot of water covered several roads. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | Trees fell down on a house. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Inkster | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Inkster | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Inkster | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inkster | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eloise | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Sunnyside | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Garden City | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hand | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Dearborn Heights | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Wayne | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Norwayne | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Taylor | 4.3 miles | 16 |
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 Inkster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1663761 | 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 629039. 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.












