Morrice, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48857. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle. 949 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
On record in Morrice
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 1 record
William Horton Farmhouselisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresMorrice grew from 927 to 949 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 | 927 | |
| 2020 | 949 | +22 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1926 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Morrice between 1994 and 2020, burning about 69 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHIAWASSEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000052 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PERRY AREA FIRE/RESCUE 0000049 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PERRY AREA FIRE/RESCUE 0000042 - 2019 |
| 2 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHIAWASSEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000149 - 201 |
| 21 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHIAWASSEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000062 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Morrice: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grand River Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grand River Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grand River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrice in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2002 | Lightning | Morrice | $75,000 | Ligthning struck a barn and set it on fire. The barn was heavily damaged. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Morrice | $50,000 | The tornado was rated EF0 with maximum winds to 75 mph. Path width was 100 yards and path length 1/2 mile. The tornado started at Bethemy Cemetary and moved northeast, ending at West Britton and Hidden Ridge Roads. Trees were uprooted and many tree limbs were downed. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrice | $50,000 | A newspaper reported that several large trees and tree limbs were blown down in thunderstorm winds, some of which fell onto homes. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrice | $10,000 | Two large maple trees were blown down, along with vinyl siding off a home and large shed flipped over. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrice | - | Large tree was snapped with damage to chimney caps, barn doors, and a swing set. Shingles were also ripped off the roof of a home. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrice | - | Numerous trees reported down. |
| May 2012 | Flood | Morrice | - | Flash flooding from 4 to 7 inches of rain took half a day to recede. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrice | - | The emergency manager reported wind damage to a chimney and barn. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Morrice | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrice | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Antrim Center | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pittsburg | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Green Estates | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Shaftsburg | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bancroft | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bennington | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Newburg | 7.5 miles | 13 |
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 Morrice | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2779858 | 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 632707. 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.







