Cloverville, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Fruitport Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49444. The Survey maps it on the Muskegon East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1930 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Muskegon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Cloverville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON FD 0003187 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON FD 0003117 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON HEIGHTS FD 0001196 - 2018 |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON FD 0003230 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 03 |
| 9 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON HEIGHTS FD 0001012 - 2018 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON HEIGHTS FD 0001009 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON HEIGHTS FD 0001003 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloverville in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloverville | $30,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Cloverville and Norton Shores. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloverville | $10,000 | Multiple trees and tree limbs were blown down in Cloverville. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloverville | - | Part of a school gym roof blown off. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Cloverville | - | The public in Cloverville reported that an isolated severe thunderstorm produced three quarters inch diameter hail. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Cloverville | - | Trained spotters reported a very brief tornado touchdown, that did not produce any damage. The tornado was classified as an F0, producing wind speeds in the 40 to 72 m.p.h. range. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Updyke | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Muskegon Heights | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fruitport | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Apple Carr Village | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wolf Lake | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Muskegon | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Norton Shores | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Roosevelt Park | 5.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122544558 | 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 623500. 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.





