Kaleva, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Maple Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49645. The Survey maps it on the Brethren quadrangle. 507 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
On record in Kaleva
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 1 record
John J. Makinen Bottle Houselisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresKaleva grew from 470 to 507 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 | 470 | |
| 2020 | 507 | +37 (+8%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Onekama quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Onekama SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Brethren quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Manistee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Kaleva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DICKSON TOWNSHIP FD 0201914 - 2019 |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MAIDENS ROAD |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | KERRY ROAD |
| 11 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WHITE PINE |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANISTEE 01 |
| 2 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | COATES |
| 13 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ZIEHM |
| 29 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kaleva: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Gronlund Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gronlund Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaleva in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Hail | Kaleva | - | Hail report relayed by local broadcast media. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaleva | - | A spotter estimated 60 mph winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kaleva | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaleva | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brethren | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Chief Lake | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Marilla | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Maue Corners | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Humphrey | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bear Lake | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Norwalk | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Copemish | 8.8 miles | 12 |
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 Kaleva | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2543060 | 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 629449. 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.





