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Williamston, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Williamston City. It lies in ZIP code area 48895. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Williamston quadrangle. 3,819 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.

Williamston within Ingham County

On record in Williamston

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

Population over time

2 figures

Williamston fell from 3,854 to 3,819 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,854
20203,819-35 (-1%)

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

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Williamston between 2003 and 2020, burning about 77 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
16 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use70 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1903267 - 2019
25 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resources18733 - 2018
28 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resources18732 - 2018
20 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resources20718 - 2020
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FD 1802006 - 2018
28 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resources19537 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Williamston: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Michigan Clay Products Co Shale PitClayPast Producer
Williamston Clay Prod Co Shale PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Ingham County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weaver Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ingham County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamston in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010Thunderstorm WindWilliamston$50,000An Ingham county emergency manager reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down between Williamston and Webberville.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWilliamston$25,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Williamston.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWilliamston$25,000no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWilliamston$20,000Several large trees were blown down and three quarters inch hail was reported near Williamston, Stockbridge and Webberville.
July 2000HailWilliamston$20,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWilliamston$15,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Sherwood Road two miles north of Williamston.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWilliamston$10,000Ingham county dispatch reported downed trees and power lines near Williamston.
April 2006HailWilliamston$10,000Law enforcement two miles south of Williamston reported three quarters inch diameter hail.
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Williamston-The tornado caused damage to multiple homes including a two story home that lost its rood. Several other homes had roof and siding damage. There was also damage to barn and outbuildings along the path. Tree damage was also noted during the survey.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWilliamston-Assisted living facility had roof partially torn off.
June 2009HailWilliamston-One inch diameter hail was reported by a trained spotter just northwest of the town of Williamston.
June 2009HailWilliamston-The public reported that golf ball sized hail fell two miles south of Williamston. A report from a gas station in that area also noted that a one foot diameter tree was blown down near Williamston road in the area near Interstate 96 and Williamston road.
July 1995HailWilliamston-Golf ball-size hail covering the ground.
June 1998HailWilliamston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ingham 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
Willow Village Home Court1.0 miles11
Meridian4.3 miles11
Pollok5.9 miles13
Webberville6.0 miles11
Bell Oak6.4 miles11
Forest Hills6.6 miles13
Vantown6.9 miles11
Haslett7.4 miles13

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 WilliamstonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3308171The 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 1616515. 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.