Bangor, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bangor City. It lies in ZIP code area 49013. It stands on Maple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle. 2,016 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
On record in Bangor
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
Bangor Elevatorlisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresBangor grew from 1,885 to 2,016 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 | 1,885 | |
| 2020 | 2,016 | +131 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1927 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bangor between 2005 and 2020, burning about 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| 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 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 325 - 2020 |
| 30 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 285 - 2019 |
| 29 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 260 - 2020 |
| 25 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 255 - 2020 |
| 9 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 185 - 2020 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 169 - 2018 |
| 6 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 179 - 2020 |
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 Bangor: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish and Steward Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bangor in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Bangor | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $10,000 | Multiple trees were blown down near Bangor. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down in Geneva and Decatur. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $10,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down near Bangor. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $10,000 | A 65 m.p.h. wind gust was reported by a trained spotter in Bangor. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $2,500 | Downed trees blocked eastbound lane of Michigan Highway 43 in Bangor. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $2,500 | Van Buren County Central Dispatch reported a few trees and power lines downed in Bangor Township. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $2,500 | Several large limbs downed in Bangor. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | $500 | The sheriff reported high winds were blowing down signs. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | - | Large healthy tree snapped. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | - | Three large healthy trees were blown down three miles south southwest of Kendall. Power outages and minor wind damage were reported in Bangor. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | - | State police reported that a couple of trees were blown down one mile north of Bangor. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bangor | - | 12 inch diameter tree limb down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breedsville | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| West Bangor | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| McDonald | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Jericho Corners | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Friendsville | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Stoughton Corners | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Grand Junction | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Toquin | 7.0 miles | 11 |
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 Bangor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2155167 | 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 620546. 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.





