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Munising, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Munising City. It lies in ZIP code area 49862. It stands on Anna River. The Survey maps it on the Munising quadrangle. 1,986 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.

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Munising within Alger County

On record in Munising

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

Population over time

3 figures

Munising fell from 2,539 to 1,986 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,539
20102,355-184 (-7%)
20201,986-369 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Munising between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 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/undetermined3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHiawatha National ForestMURRAY BAY
12 July 2005Smokingunder an acrePictured Rocks National LakeshoreMARSH
22 June 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHiawatha National ForestWICKES POINT
9 May 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesAUTRAIN TOWNSHIP VFD 0001220 - 2020
2 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 May 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alger County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Munising: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Shaw and Lobb Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Alger County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munising in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 4 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006LightningMunising3 hurtLightning struck a tour boat for shipwreck cruises in Munising Bay. Three people were treated and released at a local hospital for minor injuries.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMunising1 hurtDowned trees blocking roads. A hiker was injured by a falling tree.
April 2025Flash FloodMunising$75,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding along the Anna River late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. Driveway bridges and a private road were damaged or washed out along M-94, and railroad tracks were washed out between Munising Junction and Munising. Time estimated from radar.
September 2018Flash FloodMunising$15,000Three to four inches of rain caused the Anna River to go over its banks in Munising reaching the bottom of the bridge on Highway H-58. Floodwaters were one to two feet deep near Brook Street and East Varnum Street with basement flooding reported along Brook Street. The parking lot of the Family Fare Supermarket was also flooded.
April 2025Flash FloodMunising$3,500An approximate 75-foot section of the paved trail in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Park was washed out the evening of April 28th from recent heavy rainfall and seasonal snow melt. Time estimated from radar.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindMunising$1,500A spotter near Munising reported three large trees uprooted. Each tree was about two feet in diameter. Yard furniture was also blown about 50 feet and a 70 pound grill was blown over. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
July 2024Heavy RainMunising-There were reports on social media of minor street flooding on Onota and Maple Streets in Munising during the evening of the 15th.
October 2024HailMunising-There was a Facebook report of penny sized hail in Munising.
September 2020HailMunising-There was a social media report of one inch diameter hail in Munising from a thunderstorm on the evening of the 26th. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
September 2018Flash FloodMunising-Patrons at Bear Creek Inn reported ponds overflowing onto Highway H-58 between Munising and Van Meer from heavy rainfall of three to four inches on the morning of the 5th.
June 2017HailMunising-There was a public report of golf ball sized hail at Pictured Rocks Golf Course.
June 2017HailMunising-A spotter reported marble to quarter-sized hail near Munising which fell for 11 minutes.
August 2014Heavy RainMunising-The Munising ASOS measured 2.21 inches of rainfall in approximately 36 hours.
June 2012Heavy RainMunising-The observer near Munising measured 1.55 inches of rainfall.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMunising-A few two-inch diameter branches down.
July 2006HailMunising-Dime to penny-sized hail.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMunising-Power lines down. 65-foot maple tree down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMunising-One to two inch diameter tree branches were broken off.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMunising-A spotter estimated 65 mph wind gusts.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindMunising-18 inch diameter tree up-rooted, other trees downed.
June 2001HailMunising-Dime sized hail.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMunising-8 to 10 inch diameter trees blown down, blocking highway H-13.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMunising-Gales with three funnel clouds sighted over Lake Superior.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindMunising-The Alger County Sheriff reported trees down south of Munising.
May 2009HailMunising-no account filed
October 1995HailMunising-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alger County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wetmore2.6 miles12
Williams Landing3.0 miles11
Christmas3.4 miles11
Munising Junction4.0 miles11
Indian Town4.5 miles12
Juniper4.8 miles12
Coalwood6.6 miles11
Evelyn6.7 miles12

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 MunisingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1022789The 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 1620952. 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.