Standish, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Standish City. It lies in ZIP code area 48658. The Survey maps it on the Standish quadrangle. 1,458 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
On record in Standish
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
Michigan Central Railroad Standish Depotlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresStandish fell from 1,509 to 1,458 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 | 1,509 | |
| 2020 | 1,458 | -51 (-3%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Standish quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Standish between 1992 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 06 |
| 23 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 04 |
| 11 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STERLING AREA FD 1419044 - 2019 |
| 16 June 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 05 |
| 9 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Standish: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mk Perlberg Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Standish in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Standish | $30,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in multiple locations in and just east of Standish. Power lines were also downed in and on the east side of Omer. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Standish | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flood | Standish | $6,000 | Sterling Road was closed between Grove Street and US-23, due to substantial soil erosion in the roadbed. Water also inundated part of US-23 near Foco Road. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Standish | $500 | Lightning struck near the Arenac County Central Dispatch center. Radios and other equipment were temporarily disabled. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Standish | - | Half dollar sized hail called in from public source. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Standish | - | Scattered strong to severe storms developed along a cold front. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Standish | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and powerlines countywide. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Standish | - | The Arenac County Road Commission reported trees and branches blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Standish | - | A spotter reported 0.75-inch hail 2 miles east of Standish. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Standish | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Standish | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Standish | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Standish | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Standish | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine River | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Worth | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Saganing | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sterling | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Whites Beach | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Arenac | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Omer | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Morres Junction | 7.5 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 Standish | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2089171 | 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 638715. 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.



