Jenison, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Georgetown Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49428. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grandville quadrangle. 16,640 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJenison grew from 16,538 to 16,640 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 | 16,538 | |
| 2020 | 16,640 | +102 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grandville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grandville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Jenison between 2005 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 2 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WYOMING FD 194763 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-TALLMADGE FD 191496 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRANDVILLE FD 1256 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WYOMING FD 194072 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WYOMING FD 0003855 - 2018 |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WYOMING FD 194222 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GEORGETOWN FD 0000465 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Jenison: 16 producers, 3 past producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Gypsum Mine #2 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Rapids Gypsum Mine #3 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Rapids Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Butterworth Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cheyne Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| De Went Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gillisse Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grand Rapids Gravel Co. Plant No.20 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grand Rapids Plant No. 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Huizenga Gravel Co., Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jenison in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2003: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Hail | Jenison | $50,000 | A report of one and three quarters inch diameter hail was received from Hudsonville. Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Jenison. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenison | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Jenison | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Jenison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudsonville | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bauer | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Grand Valley | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Jamestown | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tallmadge | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| South Blendon | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Zutphen | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Grove Station | 8.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Jenison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1019664 | 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 629253. 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.





