BlockWestville, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Day Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48888. The Survey maps it on the Stanton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Stanton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Westville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOME TOWNSHIP FD 0000030 - 2018 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000018 - 2019 |
| 31 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000035 - 2019 |
| 18 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000015 - 2019 |
| 29 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000020 - 2018 |
| 27 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000020 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Westville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi Magnetics Corp--Edmore, Mi. | REE | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westville in 1 storm report in 2007: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westville | $25,000 | Several trees and limbs were blown down two to three miles northwest of Stanton. A tin roof was also ripped off of a barn by the wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McBride | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Entrican | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Edmore | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Stanton | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Six Lakes | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Lake | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wyman | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kings Corner | 7.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616229. 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.