Mancelona, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mancelona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49659. The Survey maps it on the Mancelona quadrangle. 1,344 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresMancelona fell from 1,390 to 1,344 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 | 1,390 | |
| 2020 | 1,344 | -46 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Mancelona quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Mancelona NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mancelona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Mancelona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANTRIM 05 - COUNTY LINE |
| 9 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCELONA FD 0015934 - 2018 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCELONA FD 0015601 - 2018 |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCELONA FD 0015538 - 2018 |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCELONA FD 0015433 - 2018 |
| 25 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCELONA FD 0017235 - 2018 |
| 25 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANTRIM 03 - JOHNSON RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mancelona: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim Co Pit Schworm Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Antrim Co Pit Wiggins & Son | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Antrim Co Pits/Tri-Co Sand & Stone | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kler's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kler's Pit Manthei Dev Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mancelona Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wilkes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mancelona in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | $40,000 | Numerous trees were downed. A garage was destroyed by a falling tree. A large billboard was bent over. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | $18,000 | Sporadic tree damage, with a few trees down along with numerous large limbs. Power lines downed. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | $5,000 | A few trees were downed onto power lines in western Mancelona Township, including near Cedar River Rd and Doerr Rd. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | $4,000 | Several trees were downed in southeastern Mancelona. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | $4,000 | Trees and power lines downed. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | $3,000 | A large tree and multiple tree limbs were downed. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | $3,000 | Trees were downed near Cinder Hill Road. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | $3,000 | Several trees downed. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Mancelona | $1,000 | Broadcast media showed photos of minor flooding in the Mancelona area. 2.31 inches of rain was reported at an automated mesonet station in Mancelona as of 820pm, with a storm total of over 3 inches reported by a CoCoRaHS observer the next morning. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | - | Report of powerlines down in the vicinity of Antrim and Mancelona, accompanied by public reports of dime sized hail and torrential rainfall in this area. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | - | A spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | - | 2 trees down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mancelona | - | Numerous trees down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Mancelona | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Mancelona | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Mancelona | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mancelona | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Mancelona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wetzel | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Green River | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Alba | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bellaire | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| North Arms | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Finkton | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chestonia | 10.9 miles | 12 |
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 Mancelona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2796846 | 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 631374. 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.






