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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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
Hardy Hydroelectric Plantlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresNewaygo 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,976 | |
| 2020 | 2,471 | +495 (+25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Newaygo quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
134 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BLUE HOUSE |
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO FIRE DISTRICT 315 - 2020 |
| 3 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO FIRE DISTRICT 356 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO FIRE DISTRICT 266 - 2020 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROTON TOWNSHIP FD 150 - 2019 |
| 18 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | END OF ROAD |
| 17 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO FIRE DISTRICT 290 - 2020 |
| 17 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO 02 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K & V Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yerington Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | 2 killed | Large Tree Fell on a House. Several Other Large Trees nearby were blow over. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Newaygo | $1,700,000 | The combination of rain and snowmelt resulted in flooding and closure of more than a hundred roads. 30 roads were completely washed out. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $100,000 | Many trees were blown down in and around Newaygo county. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Newaygo | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $25,000 | Numerous reports of blown down trees and power lines were received from Newaygo. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Newaygo | $20,000 | One inch diameter was reported in Newaygo by an emergency manager. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Newaygo | $20,000 | Three 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $10,000 | Newaygo county emergency management reported several trees and a power line were down at Quarterline and Elm street. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Newaygo | $10,000 | One inch hail was reported in Newaygo. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Newaygo | $10,000 | The public reported one inch diameter hail in Newaygo. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Newaygo | $10,000 | One inch diameter hail was reported by the public three miles southeast of Newaygo. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $10,000 | Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down at the intersection of M-82 and Evergreen, in Newaygo. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Newaygo | $10,000 | A 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 2004 | Hail | Newaygo | $5,000 | Law enforcement five miles south of Newaygo reported seven eighths inch diameter hail. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down throughout the county. Minor structural damage was also observed. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $2,000 | The public reported that several tree limbs were snapped off and one tree was blown down near Newaygo. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | $250 | Trees Down Blocking Roads in Multiple Locations near Newaygo. |
| November 2023 | Hail | Newaygo | - | A report of hail up to an inch and a quarter in diameter was received from the public. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Newaygo | - | Nickel sized hail was reported near Newaygo. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Grant, Croton, and east of White Cloud. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newaygo | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Newaygo | - | A county official reported one inch diameter hail in Newaygo. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (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. |
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.
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 Newaygo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2324279 | 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 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.







