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.
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
Central Schoollisted 1986
Eustace Halllisted 1971
Masonic Temple Buildinglisted 1999
Michigan State Medical Society Buildinglisted 2011
St. Katherine's Chapellisted 1970
Population over time
2 figuresEast 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46,525 | |
| 2020 | 47,741 | +1,216 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Mason quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Mason quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS East Lansing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 2018Regional 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/undetermined | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903752 - 2019 |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903926 - 2019 |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0015086 - 2018 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903338 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING TOWNSHIP FD 0000353 - 2018 |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903431 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAST LANSING FD 0003100 - 2018 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0011500 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs Company Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Boichot Howe Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Builders Redi-Mix, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fiser Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jolly Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wood Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Lansing | $500,000 | A 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Lansing | $250,000 | Numerous trees, limbs and power lines were brought down. |
| August 2003 | Hail | East Lansing | $100,000 | Numerous 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Lansing | $10,000 | Several large trees were blown down along Durand and Bailey Streets in East Lansing. No significant structural damage was reported. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Lansing | $10,000 | Six inch diameter trees were downed in East Lansing. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Lansing | $500 | An 18" diameter tree was uprooted on Jolly Road in East Lansing. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Lansing | - | Multiple trees and wires down. |
| July 1997 | Funnel Cloud | East 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Lansing | - | Trees downed. |
| April 1994 | Hail | East Lansing | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported by East Lansing police. |
| April 1994 | Hail | East Lansing | - | Hail of 0.75 inch was reported by an off duty weather service employee. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okemos | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lansing | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Haslett | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Forest Hills | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Edgemont Park | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Holt | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Meridian | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Packard | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Lansing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q871265 | 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 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.






