Bitely, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lilley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49309. The Survey maps it on the Woodland Park quadrangle.

Bitely within Newaygo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
1976 USGS White Cloud NE quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Woodland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Bitely between 1992 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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	49
Recreation and ceremony	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Arson/incendiarism	6
Smoking	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Fireworks	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	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
7 August 2014	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	WOODBRIDGE
17 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	FRUIT TRUCK
7 July 2013	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Huron-Manistee National Forest	OSBOURNE
7 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	LOAT VAN
6 July 2018	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	LINCOLN
5 July 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	ROLLING ROCK FIRE
5 July 2018	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	WOOD BRIDGE
4 July 2020	Fireworks	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	CANDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newaygo County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bitely in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Bitely	$25,000	no account filed
October 2006	Hail	Bitely	$10,000	Large hail was reported three miles north of Volney.
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Bitely	$10,000	Trees were downed by strong winds and covered some roadways in Bitely. A 58 mile per hour wind gust was reported in White Cloud.
June 2006	Hail	Bitely	$5,000	Three quarters inch hail was reported in Bitely.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Bitely	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were reported down throughout the county. Minor structural damage was also observed.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Bitely	$1,000	Numerous trees and some power lines were reported downed across the northern tier of the county. Nickel-size hail was sighted in Bitely and Lilley.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Bitely	$1,000	Numerous trees and some power lines were reported downed across the northern tier of the county. Nickel-size hail was sighted in Bitely and Lilley.
July 1995	Hail	Bitely	-	Numerous trees and some power lines were reported downed across the northern tier of the county. Nickel-size hail was sighted in Bitely and Lilley.

Every storm recorded in Newaygo 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lilley	1.8 miles	15
Woodland Park	2.2 miles	15
Walgamor Corners	4.7 miles	14
Brohman	4.9 miles	15
Troy	8.4 miles	11
Volney	9.0 miles	11
Ramona	10.3 miles	14
Woodville	11.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619222. 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.

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.