Greenville, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenville City. It lies in ZIP code area 48838. The Survey maps it on the Greenville West quadrangle. 8,816 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Research this city
On record in Greenville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Greenville Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2008
Winter Innlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresGreenville grew from 8,481 to 8,816 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 | 8,481 | |
| 2020 | 8,816 | +335 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Greenville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Greenville between 1996 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREENVILLE DPS 2003827 - 2020 |
| 29 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREENVILLE DPS 1903524 - 2019 |
| 26 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN COMMUNITY FD 2018040 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREENVILLE DPS 1801548 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM TOWNSHIP FD 2018029 - 2018 |
| 17 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREENVILLE DPS 1901918 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Greenville: 5 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shook Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wheeler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wheeler Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenville in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2003 | Hail | Greenville | 1 hurt, $20,000 | A motorcyclist suffered a minor injury when he was hit in the mouth by a hailstone. Three quarters inch hail was reported six miles north of Greenville and seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported five miles north of Greenville, where a parking lot was covered by hail near Colby and M-91. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | $20,000 | A trained spotter reported several large branches were blown down and some damage to gutters and shingles of a restaurant. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Greenville | $20,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported approximately eight miles north of Greenville. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Greenville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | $10,000 | Trees were downed by strong winds. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Greenville | $5,000 | Trained spotters reported hail up to an inch and a quarter in diameter near Greenville. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Greenville | $5,000 | Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by the public near Greenville. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | $5,000 | A couple of trees were blown down onto power lines in Greenville. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Greenville | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported one inch diameter hail in Greenville. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Greenville | $5,000 | A trained spotter in Greenville reported three quarters inch diameter hail. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Greenville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Greenville | - | A trained spotter in Greenville reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Greenville | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported near Greenville. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | A trained spotter reported an estimated gust to 60 mph near Greenville. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | A trained spotter reported estimated wind gusts to 60 to 65 mph which blew down power lines. |
| December 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | A 62 knot wind gust was recorded by a mesonet site in Montcalm county. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Several large limbs and one large tree were blown down at Baldwin Lake. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Greenville | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Greenville | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Greenville | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Greenville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3011822 | 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 627370. 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.






