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East Lansing, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in East Lansing City. It lies in ZIP code area 48823. The Survey maps it on the East Lansing quadrangle. 47,741 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 856 feet above sea level.

East Lansing within Ingham County

On record in East Lansing

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

East Lansing grew from 46,525 to 47,741 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
200046,525
202047,741+1,216 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

61 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of East Lansing between 2018 and 2020, burning about 61 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/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Debris and open burning2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903752 - 2019
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903926 - 2019
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLANSING FD 0015086 - 2018
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903338 - 2019
5 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLANSING TOWNSHIP FD 0000353 - 2018
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903431 - 2019
15 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAST LANSING FD 0003100 - 2018
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLANSING FD 0011500 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of East Lansing: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Briggs Company Clay PitClayPast Producer
Boichot Howe Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Builders Redi-Mix, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fiser Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jolly Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wood Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ingham County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Lansing in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Thunderstorm WindEast Lansing$500,000A wet microburst occurred between 4:13 and 4:18 PM EDT during a severe thunderstorm moving across East Lansing. A team of 3 scientists from Michigan State University concluded the most severe storm damage occurred between the East Lansing Library and Hagadorn Road, while the damage path extended from roughly Harrison Road and Saginaw Street in an east-southeast direction to Park Lake Road and Grand River Avenue. The MSU geology professors determined damage patterns east of Hagadorn Road suggested that another pulse of air may have come down near Hagadorn and Cahill Drive. Damage consisted of downed trees and damaged roofs. Four homes received noticeable damage, mostly by being hit by trees. Three cars were crushed by falling trees. In addition, one utility pole was snapped and power lines were downed by falling trees, cutting power to 2,000 customers of Consumers Energy. Almost all trees fell to the east. Fallen trees blocked off many East Lansing streets after the storm. No injuries were reported.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Lansing$250,000Numerous trees, limbs and power lines were brought down.
August 2003HailEast Lansing$100,000Numerous reports of large hail were received from across Ingham county, including reports of one inch hail in East Lansing, two miles east of East Lansing, and six miles northeast of Mason. A report of one inch hail was also received from three miles east of Mason. One and one half inch diameter hail was reported in Dansville and three miles east of Mason. One inch hail was also reported in Webberville.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindEast Lansing$10,000Several large trees were blown down along Durand and Bailey Streets in East Lansing. No significant structural damage was reported.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindEast Lansing$10,000Six inch diameter trees were downed in East Lansing.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEast Lansing$500An 18" diameter tree was uprooted on Jolly Road in East Lansing.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Lansing-Multiple trees and wires down.
July 1997Funnel CloudEast Lansing-The Meridian Township Public Safety Department relayed a civilian report of a funnel cloud near the intersection of Hagadorn and Haslett Roads. Thirty seconds after the civilian report was received, a Meridian Township officer spotted a funnel cloud travelling southeast over Okemos Road and Gaylord C. Smith Drive. The funnel cloud did not touch the ground and no damage was reported.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindEast Lansing-Trees downed.
April 1994HailEast Lansing-Nickel-sized hail was reported by East Lansing police.
April 1994HailEast Lansing-Hail of 0.75 inch was reported by an off duty weather service employee.

Every storm recorded in Ingham County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Okemos3.2 miles13
Lansing3.8 miles14
Haslett4.4 miles13
Forest Hills4.6 miles13
Edgemont Park5.9 miles14
Holt6.9 miles14
Meridian7.2 miles11
Packard7.4 miles14

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 East LansingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q871265The 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 625219. 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.