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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.

Volney within Newaygo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

53 since 1994

Regional 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 burning23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBEAVER
21 August 2001Debris and open burning10 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestDIANE
16 August 2018Smoking1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestISLAND LAKE
13 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestTOY
12 August 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestHAY FIELD
1 August 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestFLANDERS
9 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestCOMSTOCK
6 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestCOMSTOCK INN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newaygo County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013FloodVolney$5,000,000Heavy rain caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Newaygo county.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindVolney$10,000Law enforcement reported that several trees were blown down north of Hesperia.
October 2006HailVolney$10,000Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported just north of Volney.

Every storm recorded in Newaygo 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Troy3.0 miles11
Walgamor Corners4.8 miles14
Huber6.1 miles14
Woodland Park8.5 miles15
Bitely9.0 miles15
Lilley10.2 miles15
Aetna10.5 miles14
Brohman10.9 miles15

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.