Saint Ignace, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in St. Ignace City. It lies in ZIP code area 49781. The Survey maps it on the Saint Ignace quadrangle. 2,306 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 587 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Ignace
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Ignace MissionNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.8 miles away
John Chambers Houselisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSaint Ignace fell from 2,452 to 2,306 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 | 2,452 | |
| 2020 | 2,306 | -146 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS St. Ignace quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Saint Ignace between 2000 and 2020, burning about 91 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST IGNACE VFD 2019077 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | AIRPORT |
| 5 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | LANTS |
| 13 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | GROS CAP FIRE |
| 25 May 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | CHEESEMAN MARSH |
| 24 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | INTERSTATE |
| 20 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | CHEESEMAN |
| 18 April 2015 | Fireworks | 55 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | PRAIRIE LANE |
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 Saint Ignace: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pryor and Reavie Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Whitehead Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Shores | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| British Landing | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gros Cap | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mackinac Island | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Mackinac | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Holmes | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Allenville | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Charles | 10.2 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 Saint Ignace | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1946253 | 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 1621477. 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.



