South Whitehall, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Whitehall City. It lies in ZIP code area 49461. It stands on Bush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montague quadrangle.

South Whitehall within Muskegon County

On record in South Whitehall

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Lewis, John C. and Augusta (Covell), Houselisted 2010 · 0.6 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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 NE quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Montague quadrangle1:25000

Fires near this place

27 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of South Whitehall between 1996 and 2019, burning about 112 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	8
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Debris and open burning	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Smoking	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 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000532 - 2018
4 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000525 - 2018
2 July 2018	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MUSKEGON 04
1 July 2018	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MUSKEGON 02
30 June 2007	Recreation and ceremony	5.6 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
13 June 2018	Smoking	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MONTAGUE FD 0000199 - 2018
2 May 2015	Recreation and ceremony	2.7 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MUSKEGON 03 -
18 May 2009	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MUSKEGON 04

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskegon County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Whitehall: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Titanium, Metal, Titanium, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Howmet Corp--Whitehall, Mich.	Titanium	Past Producer
Whitehall Clay Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Whitehall Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Whitehall Plant Ti	Titanium, Metal	Plant	1992

Every working recorded in Muskegon County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Whitehall	0.8 miles	10
Maple Grove	0.8 miles	10
Montague	1.3 miles	10
Wabaningo	4.3 miles	11
Sylvan Beach	4.4 miles	11
Michillinda	4.8 miles	11
Lakewood Club	5.0 miles	10
Lakewood	6.1 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621710. 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.