BlockOrangeville, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Orangeville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49344. The Survey maps it on the Orangeville quadrangle.
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.
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Orangeville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Orangeville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 07 |
| 13 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000158 - 2019 |
| 29 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orangeville in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $100,000 | A bow echo raced east across Barry county during the late morning hours, bringing down scattered trees countywide. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $25,000 | Six large trees and several telephone poles were downed near the intersection of Patterson and Wildwood Roads, just south of Gun Lake and 2 miles north of Orangeville in Orangeville Township. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $15,000 | Seveal trees were blown down on area roads at the intersection of Keeler and Marsh. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $10,000 | Barry Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines were downed in Orangeville Township. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $2,500 | Large trees downed across a road in Orangeville Township. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Orangeville | - | The tornado crossed the most southern part of Gun Lake before traveling to the northeast before lifting off northeast of the Otis Sanctuary. Mostly tree damage was observed along the path, though several homes had minor roof damage or were damaged by falling trees. Several docks in Gun Lake were heavily damaged, including one that had multiple sections lifted and thrown well into the lake. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Orangeville | - | One inch diameter hail was reported near Orangeville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Pine Center | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Prairieville | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Doster | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Stony Point | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cloverdale | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Delton | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bowens Mill | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cressey | 9.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634079. 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.
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.