Overisel, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Overisel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49423. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1928 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Hamilton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
403 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Overisel Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Overisel Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Overisel between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVERISEL FD 2000087 - 2020 |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000282 - 2018 |
| 26 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 191883 - 2019 |
| 21 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON FD 0000129 - 2018 |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVERISEL FD 0000027 - 2018 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2019148 - 2019 |
| 8 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON FD 0000389 - 2018 |
| 29 November 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON FD 1900413 - 2019 |
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 Overisel: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton Washing Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zeeland Brick Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Overisel in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Overisel | - | A trained spotter three miles southwest of Drenthe reported that six inch branches and tree limbs crashed through the roof of a house. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hamilton | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oakland | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bentheim | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| East Saugatuck | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Diamond Springs | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Graafschap | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| New Richmond | 7.5 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122545776 | 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 634231. 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.





