Volney, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49309. The Survey maps it on the Walkerville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Walkerville NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hesperia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Hersperia NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Walkerville East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Volney between 1994 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BEAVER |
| 21 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DIANE |
| 16 August 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ISLAND LAKE |
| 13 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TOY |
| 12 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HAY FIELD |
| 1 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | FLANDERS |
| 9 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | COMSTOCK |
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | COMSTOCK INN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Volney in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2018: 1 hail, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | Volney | $5,000,000 | Heavy rain caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Newaygo county. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volney | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported that several trees were blown down north of Hesperia. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Volney | $10,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported just north of Volney. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Walgamor Corners | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Huber | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Woodland Park | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bitely | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lilley | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Aetna | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Brohman | 10.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622034. 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.






