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Waverly, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Holland Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49424. It lies near Windmill Island. The Survey maps it on the Holland East quadrangle.

Waverly within Ottawa County

On record in Waverly

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

26 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Waverly between 2005 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined17
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19636 - 2019
21 September 2005Debris and open burning7.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesJAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 19381 - 2019
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19543 - 2019
16 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAAFSCHAP FD 2019424 - 2019
10 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 20528 - 2020
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLLAND FD 0002036 - 2018
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLLAND FD 0002003 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Waverly: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ottawa County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zeeland Brick Co.Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ottawa County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waverly in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2007Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported and law enforcement reported that a power pole was damaged.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindWaverly$1,000One tree was blown down by an estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2008HailWaverly-A trained spotter one mile west of Waverly reported three quarter inch diameter hail.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWaverly-A 52 knot estimated wind gust was reported by a trained spotter near Waverly.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindWaverly-Small tree limbs were blown down in North Holland at the intersection of 144th and Butternut.

Every storm recorded in Ottawa 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
Oaklawn Beechwood1.5 miles11
Holland1.5 miles11
Beechwood2.1 miles10
Noordeloos3.1 miles11
Pine Creek3.2 miles10
Tasmas Corners3.7 miles10
Zeeland3.7 miles11
New Holland3.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617923. 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.