Drenthe, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Zeeland Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49464. The Survey maps it on the Hudsonville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grandville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hudsonville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Drenthe between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 19381 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVERISEL FD 2000087 - 2020 |
| 9 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000061 - 2018 |
| 15 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ZEELAND TOWNSHIP FD 19411 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ZEELAND TOWNSHIP FD 19356 - 2019 |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVERISEL FD 0000027 - 2018 |
| 15 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ZEELAND TOWNSHIP FD 19676 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Drenthe: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pickett and Schreur, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drenthe in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Drenthe | - | A brief EF-0 tornado with top winds of 75 mph touched down in Zeeland Township and lifted off in Jamestown Township. Multiple farm buildings and trees were damaged along this brief tornado path. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drenthe | - | Wind damage in the form of snapped utility poles was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vriesland | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Grove Station | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Grove | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Zutphen | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Zeeland | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Beaverdam | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gitchel | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Jamestown | 6.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q18056036 | 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 624882. 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.





