Ferrysburg, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Ferrysburg City. It lies in ZIP code area 49456. It lies near Harbor Island. The Survey maps it on the Grand Haven quadrangle. 2,952 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFerrysburg grew from 2,892 to 2,952 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,892 | |
| 2020 | 2,952 | +60 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Grand Haven quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Ferrysburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 20066 - 2020 |
| 7 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND HAVEN DPS 191309 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTON SHORES FD 0001666 - 2018 |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND HAVEN TWP FIRE/RESCUE 19900 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FERRYSBURG FD 19131 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTON SHORES FD 0001428 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 202331 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ferrysburg: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J V Burkett Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ferrysburg Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Holiday Hills Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| North Sag Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rosy Mound | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rycenga Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferrysburg in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | Ferrysburg | $5,000,000 | Significant flooding occurred on rivers and streams across Ottawa county due to heavy rainfall from early to mid April. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ferrysburg | $5,000 | The public reported three quarters inch hail in Ferrysburg. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ferrysburg | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of 1-inch hail in Ferrysburg which broke a few windows of a local resident's home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Grand Haven | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rosy Mound | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Snug Harbor | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Clark Corners | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nunica | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Agnew | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Robinson | 9.9 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.
| Wikipedia article on Ferrysburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2878719 | 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 625927. 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.





