North Muskegon, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1983. It stands in North Muskegon City. It lies in ZIP code area 49445. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dalton quadrangle. 4,093 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresNorth Muskegon grew from 4,031 to 4,093 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,031 | |
| 2010 | 3,786 | -245 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 4,093 | +307 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Montague quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Montague quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Montague SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of North Muskegon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON FD 0003187 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON FD 0003117 - 2019 |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 01 |
| 30 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 09 |
| 30 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON HEIGHTS FD 0001196 - 2018 |
| 15 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 04 |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON FD 0003230 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Muskegon: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Avenue Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nugent Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Sherman Boulevard Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Muskegon in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Muskegon | $25,000 | Several large trees were blown down across portions of Muskegon county. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Muskegon | $10,000 | Large trees were blown down and there were power outages due to wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| April 2014 | Hail | North Muskegon | - | Trained spotters reported one inch diameter hail in and near Muskegon. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Muskegon | - | A trained weather spotter measured a 75-mph wind gust in North Muskegon with his local anemometer. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskegon | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Berry Junction | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Muskegon Heights | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Roosevelt Park | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dalton | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Norton Shores | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cloverville | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Apple Carr Village | 7.7 miles | 11 |
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 North Muskegon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2853418 | 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 1621049. 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.






