Jamestown, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jamestown Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49426. The Survey maps it on the Hudsonville East quadrangle. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
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 East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Jamestown between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HUDSONVILLE FD 19358 - 2019 |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 550 - 2020 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 311 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 19182 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2020 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 306 - 2020 |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GEORGETOWN FD 0000244 - 2018 |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HUDSONVILLE FD 19224 - 2019 |
| 8 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GEORGETOWN FD 0000117 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jamestown: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Went Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J V Burkett Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottowa County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamestown in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Lightning | Jamestown | 1 hurt | The Muskegon Chronicle reported Collin Zackrison, a 34 year-old male, was critically injured when he was struck by lightning at Spring Grove Park near Jamestown, in southeastern Ottawa County. The Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Department employee suffered severe leg and chest injuries. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Jamestown | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees were blown down across portions of Ottawa county. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Jamestown | $15,000 | Seven eights inch diameter hail was reported with a thunderstorm in Jamestown. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Jamestown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $5,000 | Numerous 5 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down across Jamestown. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | - | Over a dozen trees were knocked down or uprooted. Power outages across the county. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Jamestown | - | A trained spotter just northeast of Jamestown reported that hail sizes ranged from a half an inch to three quarters of an inch in diameter. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zutphen | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Grove | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Grove Station | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gitchel | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hudsonville | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Vriesland | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| South Blendon | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Drenthe | 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 Q136348656 | 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 629206. 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.





