Granger, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Harris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46530. The Survey maps it on the Edwardsburg quadrangle. 30,337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGranger fell from 30,465 to 30,337 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 | 30,465 | |
| 2020 | 30,337 | -128 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1945 USGS Cassopolis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Cassopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Edwardsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,276 words on this townshipHistory of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Harris Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The Grand Trunk railroad passes through this township, running a northeast course. Tliere is no town upon this line in this township, - nothing but a station, wiiere there are a depot and postoffice, called Granger; no business of any kind is done.
Passage source: History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Harris Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Granger between 2018 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 178 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWARD TOWNSHIP VFD 2019102 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 149 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EDWARDSBURG FD 0000055 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NILES TOWNSHIP FD 2018088 - 2018 |
| 24 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EDWARDSBURG FD 0000053 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 138 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EDWARDSBURG FD 0000052 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Granger: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A&K Excavating Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bret Schneider Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Indiana Highways Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Indiana Highways Materials, Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Millikin Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granger in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $50,000 | Numerous reports of trees down and branches down in an area from Mishawaka High School to Granger. Some instances of property damage, including shingles blown off a church. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $50,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Granger, along State Road 23. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $10,000 | Three large evergreen trees are down and power outages reported. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $10,000 | Numerous reports of trees and power lines down in and around Granger. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Granger | $10,000 | Clay fire department was en route for a report of a vehicle in water. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $10,000 | Trees were down and blocking the road. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $5,000 | Trees down with debris in the roadway around Granger. One location was Brick and Wayland. The second location was Brick and Current St. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported a large tree down on a garage in Granger. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $1,000 | Large tree uprooted. |
| June 2024 | Lightning | Granger | $500 | Flag pole stuck by lightning. Flag pole snapped. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | - | Trees and power lines down around Granger. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | - | A picture was shared on social media of a large, partially rotten tree branch was blown off the bottom of a tree. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | - | One foot diameter tree snapped. Pictures showed it was partially rotted. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Granger | - | The public reported hail to the size of ping pong balls fell for 5 to 10 minutes. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | - | Local media outlets reported several trees and tree branches snapped along a three block wide swath in Granger. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | - | The public reported two large trees down just south of the Michigan state line in Granger. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | - | Several areas of wind damage were noted starting near the intersection of Fir and Cleveland Roads, continuing to near the intersection of Brick and Fir Roads. Damage occurred at a Marathon gas station at the intersection of Fir and State Route 23. A gas pump was blown over, with newspaper machines shifted and a Uhaul trailer being flipped over. At least one parked vehicle in the lot was also overturned. Several trees were damaged or uprooted in the area, as well as some sign damage. Near the end of the main damage, several large trees fell down around a residence where the occupant was in the basement watching TV. A tree fell just to the side of where his car was parked, with the car sustaining no damage. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Granger | - | Eyewitnesses reported a brief tornado touchdown near the intersection of State Route 23 and Fir Road, southwest of Granger. This tornado formed on the leading edge of a squall line that moved through the area. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Granger | - | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORT. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Granger | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Granger | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Granger | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Granger | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Granger | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Granger | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Osceola | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Georgetown | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Lane | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mishawaka | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Village | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Dreamwold Heights | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| State Line | 7.6 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 Granger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2657932 | 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 452610. 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.





