Spring Lake, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Spring Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49456. It lies near Eastmans Island. The Survey maps it on the Grand Haven quadrangle. 2,497 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
On record in Spring Lake
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 1 record
Aloys Bilz Houselisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresSpring Lake grew from 2,323 to 2,497 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 | 2,323 | |
| 2020 | 2,497 | +174 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1930 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Grand Haven quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Spring Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 20066 - 2020 |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROCKERY TOWNSHIP FD 19385 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND HAVEN DPS 191309 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTON SHORES FD 0001666 - 2018 |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND HAVEN TWP FIRE/RESCUE 19900 - 2019 |
| 14 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FERRYSBURG FD 19131 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Spring Lake: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J V Burkett Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ferrysburg Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Holiday Hills Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| North Sag Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rosy Mound | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rycenga Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Lake in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A two foot diameter tree fell on a car in motion in Spring Lake. As a result the driver was killed and the passenger incurred minor injuries. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | $100,000 | Several trees were blown down in the Spring Lake and Grand Haven areas. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | $25,000 | Several large trees and power lines downed in the cities of Ferrysburg, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Township. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were downed in Spring Lake. Consumers Energy reported 300 customers in the Tri-Cities, Fruitport, and Coopersville areas lost power because of downed trees and wires. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | - | Spring Lake Yacht Club measured wind. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Spring Lake | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Spring Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrysburg | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Grand Haven | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Snug Harbor | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rosy Mound | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Clark Corners | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Nunica | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Agnew | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Robinson | 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 Spring Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2057136 | 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 638599. 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.





