Middleville, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Thornapple Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49333. It stands on Bassett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middleville quadrangle. 4,295 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in Middleville
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
John Carveth Houselisted 1992- Michigan Central Railroad Middleville Depotlisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresMiddleville grew from 3,319 to 4,295 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 | 3,319 | |
| 2020 | 4,295 | +976 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Middleville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Middleville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HASTINGS FD 0000430 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 02 |
| 12 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 648 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 02 - HARRIS CREEK RD GUN RANGE |
| 7 May 2007 | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Middleville: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currie and Duncan Lake Marl | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Barry Co Pit Yerington Const | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barry Co Road Comm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bohn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleville in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | Middleville | $5,000,000 | Significant flooding occurred on rivers and streams across Barry county due to heavy rainfall and antecedent high river levels and saturated grounds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $100,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down across Barry county. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $50,000 | Barry County Central Dispatch reported several large trees and power lines downed across the Middleville and Yankee Springs area of northwest Barry County. Many trees fell across roads, creating hazardous driving conditions for motorists. One Middleville home, at 3240 N. Yankee Springs Road (Highway M-37), sustained damage from 2 trees downed in the front yard. The downed trees damaged the resident's garage, front picture window, and roof. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Middleville | $40,000 | Numerous reports of hail were received from Middleville, including one report of one inch diameter hail 3.5 miles south Middleville off M-37. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $25,000 | A pole barn was blown off it's foundation and numerous trees were blown down just southeast of Middleville. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Middleville | $15,000 | One inch diameter hail was reported in Middleville. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Middleville | $10,000 | The public reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Middleville. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $10,000 | Wind damage was reported and some power lines were downed by strong winds. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $10,000 | Trees and power lines downed in Middleville. |
| September 2003 | Hail | Middleville | $5,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported with an isolated severe thunderstorm two miles south of Middleville. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $2,500 | Barry County Central Dispatch reported trees downed near the intersection of 108th and Whitneyville Road, 3 miles north of Middleville in Thornapple Township. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | $2,000 | A large tree limb was blown down onto power lines that were also downed. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville | - | Trees and wires down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irving | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Parmelee | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bowens Mill | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Freeport | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Podunk | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Welcome Corner | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Circle Pine Center | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hastings | 10.2 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 Middleville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q959122 | 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 632281. 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.





