Manistique, Michigan
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Manistique City. It lies in ZIP code area 49854. It stands on Manistique River. The Survey maps it on the Manistique East quadrangle. 2,828 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
On record in Manistique
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 3 records
Manistique East Breakwater Lightlisted 2005
Manistique Pumping Stationlisted 1981
Seul Choix Pointe Light Stationlisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresManistique fell from 3,097 to 2,828 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 | 3,097 | |
| 2020 | 2,828 | -269 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Manistique East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Manistique quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Manistique between 1994 and 2019, burning about 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHOTGUN FIRE |
| 21 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201916 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Manistique: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Marble Lime Co.Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manistique in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 heavy rain. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manistique | $2,000 | There was a delayed report from the local hospital emergency coordinator of several trees down in and around Manistique resulting in power outages around town and at the hospital. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manistique | $2,000 | Trees and power lines down near Indian Lake. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Manistique | - | There was a public report of nickel-sized hail in Manistique. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Manistique | - | A trained spotter measured 2.46 inches of rainfall in Manistique in less than 12 hours. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Manistique | - | Two-day rainfall totals across the county generally ranged between two and three inches with the highest amounts reported near Manistique in southern Schoolcraft County. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Manistique | - | There was a public report of 2.79 inches of rain at Manistique in approximately 10 hours. Germfask measured 2.56 inches over the same period. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manistique | - | Two large trees down |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manistique | - | A few large trees blown down along Highway M-94 just north of the Indian River Bridge. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manistique | - | Trees were blown down across power lines. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Manistique | - | Golf ball-sized hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manistique | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manistique | - | A 61 mph wind gust was recorded. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manistique | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. Broken power lines started a fire. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Manistique | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen Beach | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Harrison Beach | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Evergreen Shores | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sunset Beach | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ossawinamakee Beach | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Minor Beach | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Thompson | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Michiwaukee Shores | 5.8 miles | 8 |
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 Manistique | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2616145 | 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 1620685. 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.




