Roscommon, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Higgins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48653. It stands on Robinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roscommon South quadrangle. 981 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRoscommon fell from 1,075 to 981 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 | 1,075 | |
| 2020 | 981 | -94 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Roscommon South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Roscommon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 were 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROSCOMMON 11 |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GERRISH TOWNSHIP FIRE AND EMS 19414 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAVER CREEK FD 19196 - 2019 |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP FD 0033585 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Roscommon: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.Roscommon Clay Sample | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect | ||
| Steele Brothers Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roscommon in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2006: 10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Hail | Roscommon | - | A cluster of strong thunderstorms moved across Central Lower Michigan in the mid to late morning hours. One storm got strong enough to produce marginally severe hail. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscommon | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 1995 | Tornado | Roscommon | - | Skywarn spotters observed a funnel that dropped close to the ground. While the funnel never made visible contact with the ground, a rotating, lifting cloud of dirt and debris developed briefly beneath it. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Roscommon | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roscommon | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roscommon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Roscommon | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Roscommon | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Roscommon | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Roscommon | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Roscommon | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Roscommon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharps Corners | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Geels | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lyon Manor | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Au Sable River Park | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Keno | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Hillcrest | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Higgins Lake | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Artesia Beach | 11.1 miles | 10 |
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 Roscommon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q961207 | 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 1621434. 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.




