Westphalia, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Westphalia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48894. The Survey maps it on the Westphalia quadrangle. 924 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWestphalia grew from 923 to 924 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 | 923 | |
| 2020 | 924 | +1 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1945 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Westphalia quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Westphalia between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WESTPHALIA TOWNSHIP FD WFD1950 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DALLAS TOWNSHIP FD 2019004 - 2019 |
| 25 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WESTPHALIA TOWNSHIP FD WFD1933 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WESTPHALIA TOWNSHIP FD WFD2026 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westphalia in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Westphalia | $25,000 | Several roads were closed due to water over roads. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westphalia | $20,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Westphalia | $10,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported in Westphalia. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westphalia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westphalia | $5,000 | One 18 inch diameter tree was blown down in Westphalia and a 14 inch limb was blown down just east of Fowler. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westphalia | - | An emergency manager reported several power lines were blown down west of Westphalia which also ignited a fire. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westphalia | - | One tree was blown down by estimated wind gusts of 58 mph. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Westphalia | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Riley | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Eagle | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| South Riley | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wacousta | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Matherton | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Maple Rapids | 13.3 miles | 14 | |
| DeWitt | 13.6 miles | 12 |
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 Westphalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1813048 | 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 1616225. 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.





