Mason, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Mason City. It lies in ZIP code area 48854. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mason quadrangle. 8,283 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
On record in Mason
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 9 records
Ash Street-Sycamore Creek Bridgelisted 2000
Ingham County Courthouselisted 1971
Maple Grove Cemeterylisted 1985
Merrylees-Post Houselisted 1985
Michigan Central Railroad Mason Depotlisted 1985
Philip Nice Houselisted 1985
John Raynor Houselisted 1985
Westside Neighborhood Historic Districtlisted 1985- Courthouse Square Historic Districtlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresMason grew from 8,252 to 8,283 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 | 8,252 | |
| 2020 | 8,283 | +31 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 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 Mason quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Mason between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 159 - 2019 |
| 29 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 157 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 131 - 2020 |
| 17 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELHI TOWNSHIP FD 1866 - 2019 |
| 12 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 142 - 2020 |
| 11 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 141 - 2020 |
| 4 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 96 - 2020 |
| 24 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 133 - 2018 |
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 Mason: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Couch Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Snider Farms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sniders No 1 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tomlinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mason in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported that a severe thunderstorm blew down numerous trees and powerlines mainly just east of US-127. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down in Mason. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mason | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mason | $15,000 | Three quarters to one inch diameter hail was reported near Mason. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Mason | $10,000 | Law enforcement eight miles east of Mason reported one inch diameter hail. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $10,000 | A 58 m.p.h. wind gust was measured by an AWOS site in Mason. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore a roof from an unoccupied office trailer at the county fairgrounds south of the city. A wind gust over 50 mph was measured at Mason-Jewett Airport (1.3 miles southeast of Mason). |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $2,500 | Ingham County Central Dispatch reported several trees downed around Mason. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $2,000 | Several tree limbs were blown down near Mason. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Mason | - | Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Mason | - | Three quarters inch hail was reported by an amateur radio operator near Mason. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | Scattered downed trees and power outages were reported across much of Ingham county. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Mason | - | A trained spotter measured hail up to an inch and a quarter in diameter in Mason. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the Lansing Capital City Airport. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | Wind damage and power outages reported by spotter. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | 60 mph wind gust reported by Skywarn spotter. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Mason | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Mason | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Mason | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Mason | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| North Aurelius | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Aurelius | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Holt | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pollok | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| North Leslie | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Dansville | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Meridian | 8.7 miles | 11 |
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 Mason | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1987548 | 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 631694. 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.






