Stephenson, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Stephenson City. It lies in ZIP code area 49887. It stands on Hugos Brook. The Survey maps it on the Stephenson quadrangle. 816 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStephenson fell from 862 to 816 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 | 862 | |
| 2020 | 816 | -46 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Stephenson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 60 acres in total. None 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 Stephenson: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daggett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stephenson in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Hail | Stephenson | $500,000 | The spotter near Stephenson reported two-inch diameter hail, although most hail stones covering the ground were smaller. The large hail damaged roofs on homes across Stephenson, and the combination of the hail and heavy rainfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour clogged storm sewers and caused flooding of the Stephenson School. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | $20,000 | Report on Facebook of a tree down on a garage, couple of dead trees down, and small branches on roadways. Picture of downed tree was provided. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | $5,000 | Power lines and trees were reported down across the railroad tracks in Menominee. Emergency services were activated for the area. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | $5,000 | Power lines and trees reported down in Lake Township. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | $1,000 | A spotter reported a tree down on a power line near the intersection of Division and Willow Streets in Stephenson. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | $1,000 | There was a public report of a few trees blown down a couple of large branches snapped off healthy trees near Stephenson. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | $500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down across County Road 354 near Highway US-41 in Stephenson. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | $500 | Law enforcement reported a large tree down in Stephenson temporarily blocking a portion of a road. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Stephenson | - | There was a report via social media that hail began as marble-sized and increased to half dollar sized in Stephenson. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Stephenson | - | There was a public report of one inch diameter hail at Stephenson. The time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Stephenson | - | The Menominee County Dispatch reported County Road G12 closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. Additional minor to moderate flooding was also reported on other back county roads. The NWS Marquette radar estimated five to six inches of rainfall in the Stephenson area on the morning of the 19th. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Stephenson | - | Hail lasted for five minutes. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | - | Several large trees were knocked down. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Stephenson | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Stephenson | - | Hail an inch and a half in diameter was reported. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Stephenson | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | - | Several trees knocked down by wind. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephenson | - | large trees down |
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.
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 Stephenson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2189590 | 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 638791. 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.






