Ithaca, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ithaca City. It lies in ZIP code area 48847. The Survey maps it on the Ithaca quadrangle. 2,853 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
On record in Ithaca
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
Gratiot County Courthouselisted 1976
Ithaca Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresIthaca fell from 2,910 to 2,853 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 | 2,910 | |
| 2020 | 2,853 | -57 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ithaca in 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 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 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000246 - 2019 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000147 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000161 - 2019 |
| 26 April 2019 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000160 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000138 - 2019 |
| 7 February 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000056 - 2019 |
| 13 December 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000444 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ithaca: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J O Thomas Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kennet Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ithaca in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Ithaca | $100,000 | Over a dozen roads were closed countywide due to water over roads. The Pine River went over flood stage and impacted roads in Alma. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Ithaca | $25,000 | A F0 tornado producing maximum estimated wind speeds to 60 m.p.h. touched down just north of Pierce road, and moved north through downtown Ithaca, ending north of St. Charles street. The tornado had a path length of 2.5 miles and a width of 50 yards. The only damage observed was to trees. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ithaca | $20,000 | Several large trees and power lines downed in Ithaca and scattered reports of the same across Gratiot County. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ithaca | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ithaca | $15,000 | An emergency manager three miles east of Ithaca reported that several trees and limbs as well as power lines were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ithaca | $10,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported three miles south of Ithaca. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ithaca | $10,000 | Power lines and trees were downed in Ithaca. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ithaca | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ithaca | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ithaca | $8,000 | Four trees were blown down countywide. |
| December 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ithaca | $5,000 | A sign at a car wash was destroyed. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ithaca | $5,000 | Trained spotters one to two miles north and northeast of Ithaca reported three quarters to seven eighths inch diameter hail. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Ithaca | $5,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported six miles north of the town of Ithaca. |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Ithaca | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Ithaca | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Ithaca | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beebe | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| North Star | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Eugene | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Newark | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Alma | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pompeii | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ola | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Louis | 8.0 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 Ithaca | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2267158 | 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 629141. 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.







