Grand Ledge, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Grand Ledge City. It lies in ZIP code area 48837. It stands on Sandstone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wacousta quadrangle. 7,784 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 833 feet above sea level.
On record in Grand Ledge
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 2 records
Grand Ledge Chair Company Plantlisted 1987
River Ledge Historic Districtlisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresGrand Ledge fell from 7,786 to 7,784 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 | 7,786 | |
| 2020 | 7,784 | -2 (-0%) |
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 De Witt 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
- 1965 USGS Wacousta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Grand Ledge between 2018 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002379 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1827002 - 2018 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1827004 - 2018 |
| 1 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1826672 - 2018 |
| 28 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 199847 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002191 - 2018 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1825682 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 198791 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Grand Ledge: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pryor Brothers Pit | Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Harman Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pryor Brothers, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pryor Brothers, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| American Sewer Pipe Co Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Briggs Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Ledge Clay Prod Co Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lawson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lawson Road Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Ledge in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Grand Ledge | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Grand Ledge | $25,000 | Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by a spotter seven miles west of Lansing. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $15,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Grand Ledge | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported one inch diameter hail near Grand Ledge. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported that a couple of trees were blown down in Grand Ledge. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Grand Ledge | $10,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported three miles southeast of Grand Ledge. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported that several trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts in Grand Ledge. One inch hail was reported by a spotter in Potterville. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Grand Ledge | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $2,500 | One large tree downed, pulling down power lines, in Grand Ledge. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $500 | A trained weather spotter reported small trees were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. Nearby in Charlotte, amateur radio operators reported 40 to 50 mph wind gusts with this thunderstorm. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | $500 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Ledge | - | Several large trees down in the Grand Ledge area. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Grand Ledge | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Grand Ledge | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Grand Ledge | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Grand Ledge | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Grand Ledge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida Center | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Delta Center | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Delta Mills | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Waverly | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bretton Woods | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Needmore | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Millett | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| West Windsor | 7.8 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 Grand Ledge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3295695 | 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 627094. 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.





