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Newaygo, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newaygo City. It lies in ZIP code area 49337. It stands on Penoyer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newaygo quadrangle. 2,471 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

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Newaygo within Newaygo County

On record in Newaygo

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

Population over time

2 figures

Newaygo grew from 1,976 to 2,471 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,976
20202,471+495 (+25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

134 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Newaygo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBLUE HOUSE
5 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNEWAYGO FIRE DISTRICT 315 - 2020
3 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNEWAYGO FIRE DISTRICT 356 - 2019
3 July 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNEWAYGO FIRE DISTRICT 266 - 2020
27 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCROTON TOWNSHIP FD 150 - 2019
18 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestEND OF ROAD
17 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNEWAYGO FIRE DISTRICT 290 - 2020
17 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNEWAYGO 02

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newaygo 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 Newaygo: 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
K & V Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yerington Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newaygo County

Storms near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newaygo in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNewaygo2 killedLarge Tree Fell on a House. Several Other Large Trees nearby were blow over.
March 2019FloodNewaygo$1,700,000The combination of rain and snowmelt resulted in flooding and closure of more than a hundred roads. 30 roads were completely washed out.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$100,000Many trees were blown down in and around Newaygo county.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$50,000no account filed
May 2000HailNewaygo$30,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$25,000Numerous reports of blown down trees and power lines were received from Newaygo.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailNewaygo$20,000One inch diameter was reported in Newaygo by an emergency manager.
May 2004HailNewaygo$20,000Three quarters to seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by law enforcement and the public from around ten miles east of Newaygo to Fremont.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$10,000Newaygo county emergency management reported several trees and a power line were down at Quarterline and Elm street.
October 2006HailNewaygo$10,000One inch hail was reported in Newaygo.
October 2006HailNewaygo$10,000The public reported one inch diameter hail in Newaygo.
June 2004HailNewaygo$10,000One inch diameter hail was reported by the public three miles southeast of Newaygo.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$10,000Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down at the intersection of M-82 and Evergreen, in Newaygo.
July 1999Tornado (F0)Newaygo$10,000A weak F0 tornado was on the ground in Newaygo county intermittently between 13:00 and 13:30 pm EST. Several tree limbs were downed.
September 2004HailNewaygo$5,000Law enforcement five miles south of Newaygo reported seven eighths inch diameter hail.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down throughout the county. Minor structural damage was also observed.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$2,000The public reported that several tree limbs were snapped off and one tree was blown down near Newaygo.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNewaygo$250Trees Down Blocking Roads in Multiple Locations near Newaygo.
November 2023HailNewaygo-A report of hail up to an inch and a quarter in diameter was received from the public.
May 2013HailNewaygo-Nickel sized hail was reported near Newaygo.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNewaygo-Several trees and power lines were blown down in Grant, Croton, and east of White Cloud.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindNewaygo-An NWS storm survey revealed that several trees were downed in the town of Newaygo and that scattered tree damage continued to Croton Dam.
July 2008HailNewaygo-A county official reported one inch diameter hail in Newaygo.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Newaygo-A very weak and brief F0 tornado touchdown occurred approximately six miles southeast of Newaygo. It was on the ground for nearly five minutes but resulted in no structural damage, injuries or fatalities.

Every storm recorded in Newaygo 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
Bishop5.3 miles12
Grant5.8 miles12
Ashland Center6.4 miles12
Wooster7.4 miles14
Croton7.5 miles12
Ashland7.7 miles12
Sun7.9 miles12
Riverview8.1 miles12

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 NewaygoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2324279The 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 1621003. 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.