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Ferry, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ferry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49455. It stands on Robinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ferry quadrangle.

Ferry within Oceana County

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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 1 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 August 2001Smokingunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2001Smoking9.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOCEANA 11
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOCEANA 13
7 July 2018Misuse of fire by a minor1.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOCEANA 05
6 July 2018Other causes2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOCEANA 04
6 July 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oceana County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ferry: 2 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beckman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beckman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oceana County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferry in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2006HailFerry$10,000One inch hail was reported by the public in Ferry and the hail briefly covered the ground.
October 2006HailFerry$10,000Three quarters inch hail was reported in Ferry.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindFerry$5,000no account filed
May 2014HailFerry-The media passed along a report of one inch diameter hail near Ferry.
May 2025HailFerry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oceana 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
New Era6.6 miles11
Elbridge7.0 miles11
Shelby7.6 miles11
Saint Huberts7.9 miles11
Rothbury8.4 miles11
Hesperia9.9 miles11
Walkerville10.4 miles11
Hart10.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625922. 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.