Parma, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Sandstone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49269. The Survey maps it on the Parma quadrangle. 780 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresParma grew from 769 to 780 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 | 769 | |
| 2020 | 780 | +11 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1919 USGS Springport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1921 USGS Springport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Parma quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Parma between 2009 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARMA-SANDSTONE FD 0000520 - 2019 |
| 15 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARMA-SANDSTONE FD 517 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARMA-SANDSTONE FD 469 - 2020 |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING ARBOR FD 550 - 2020 |
| 31 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARMA-SANDSTONE FD 428 - 2020 |
| 2 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING ARBOR FD 0000357 - 2018 |
| 15 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING ARBOR FD 489 - 2020 |
| 11 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 126 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Parma: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Arbor Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Parma Sandstone Exposure | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Parma Sandstone Outcrop | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Pickett & Schreur Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parma in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $50,000 | Trained spotters reported that several large trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Parma | $50,000 | 0.75" hail was reported in Parma. Numerous trees and power lines were also brought down in the Napoleon and Clark Lake areas. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down in Parma and also in Jackson by thunderstorm wind gusts, as reported by local law enforecement. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $15,000 | Several trees were blown down two miles east of Parma. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Parma | $10,000 | Hail briefly covered the ground in Parma and there were also several reports of broken windshields. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $10,000 | Twelve trees were blown down in and near Parma. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $10,000 | Jackson County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines were downed in Parma Township. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Parma | $5,000 | Hail up to around one and three quarters of an inch in diameter was reported. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | - | Widely scattered tree damage was observed from about one mile west of Parma to 18 miles east-northeast of Parma. The swath was 2 to 3 miles wide. Other than tree damage a highway billboard was blown down on Interstate-94 just outside of Parma. Several eyewitnesses were interviewed to confirm that damage was from second storm. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | - | Jackson County Emergency Management reported wind gusts to 60 mph in Parma Township along with scattered reports of trees and power lines having been felled. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Arbor | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Concord | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Minards Mill | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Woodville | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Devereaux | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tompkins | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Horton | 8.6 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 Parma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2545183 | 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 634419. 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.






