Chesaning, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chesaning Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48616. The Survey maps it on the Chesaning East quadrangle. 2,430 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChesaning grew from 2,394 to 2,430 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 | 2,394 | |
| 2020 | 2,430 | +36 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Chesaning quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Chesaning quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Chesaning East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Chesaning between 2018 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 6 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 121 - 2019 |
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 88 - 2020 |
| 3 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 81 - 2019 |
| 7 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 75 - 2020 |
| 6 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2020 |
| 26 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 112 - 2020 |
| 27 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000099 - 2018 |
| 23 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 55 - 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 Chesaning: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Fitzgerald Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chesaning in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Chesaning | $400,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Chesaning | $400,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | $25,000 | Trees and power lines reported down across southwest Saginaw county. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | $20,000 | Multiple trees blown down. Barn Destroyed, along with power poles downed. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | $10,000 | Multiple trees down on roads, causing road closures. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | $2,000 | Large tree limbs and power lines reported down. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Chesaning | - | Reports from local media, emergency management, |and fire officials. Damage started near the intersection of Ditch|and Gasper Roads with a couple of barns damaged, a garage blown off |of the foundation and another garage with a door and wall blown out. |Also in this area were a few trees uprooted and large limbs snapped. |Similar damage was reported along Ferdon Road between Briggs and |Lincoln Roads including two additional barns with roof damage, a|garage with a blown out door and wall, and numerous uprooted trees|and snapped large limbs. Estimated peak winds of 80 mph. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | Tree limb fell onto a power line. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | Several 6-8 inch diameter tree limbs reported down. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | Trees and power lines reported down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | A spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | Three inch diameter tree branches reported down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | A trained spotter reported large tree limbs down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | Saginaw County Central Dispatch reported several large trees blown down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | Large trees blown down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down telephone wires. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Chesaning | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Chesaning | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Chesaning | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaning | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parshallburg | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Groveton | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oakley | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Luce | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Brady Center | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Layton Corners | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Alicia | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Charles | 7.9 miles | 15 |
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 Chesaning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2962827 | 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 623168. 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.







