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Irving, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Irving Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49058. It stands on Glass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middleville quadrangle.

Irving within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Irving between 1994 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
8 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2019Natural5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHASTINGS FD 0000430 - 2019
9 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2003Smoking3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry 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 Irving: 1 past producer, 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barry Co Pit Yerington ConstSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barry Co Road Comm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irving in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023HailIrving$500,000Hail up to tennis ball sized was reported in Middleville and Irving. The hail did considerable damage to area homes with numerous reports of damaged roofs and siding.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindIrving$25,000Several trees were blown down near the Yankee Springs State Recreation area. A 70 m.p.h. wind gust was measured in Hastings. An estimated 70 m.p.h. wind gust blew down two trees four miles north of Nashville.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindIrving$10,0002 foot diameter trees were blown down by gusty thunderstorm winds in Irving.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIrving$5,000Several trees were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindIrving-The Barry county road commission and Barry county central dispatch reported that several trees were blown down in Yankee Springs township. The trees ranged from one to two feet in diameter. Specifically, trees were reported down at the intersection of M-179 and South Whitmore road, M-179 and Yankee Springs road, and M-179 and Norris road. A large tree one to two feet in diameter was also reported down near 108th street and Harris Creek road in Thornapple township by a county official five miles northeast of Middleville.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindIrving-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barry 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
Middleville2.9 miles13
Parmelee5.4 miles12
Bowens Mill5.7 miles9
Podunk6.3 miles12
Welcome Corner6.7 miles12
Hastings7.4 miles12
Freeport7.7 miles12
Circle Pine Center8.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629091. 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.