White Cloud, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in White Cloud City. It lies in ZIP code area 49349. It stands on Flinton Creek. The Survey maps it on the White Cloud quadrangle. 1,479 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWhite Cloud grew from 1,408 to 1,479 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 | 1,408 | |
| 2020 | 1,479 | +71 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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
- 1959 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS White Cloud SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of White Cloud between 1993 and 2020, burning about 272 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | 0120W |
| 6 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WOOSTER |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TOFT |
| 22 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BASELINE |
| 17 September 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WILLOW |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | NEW SHIRT |
| 9 August 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.3 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | FOOTBALL |
| 5 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DUMPTRUCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of White Cloud: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Howard Eichenberg Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Leroy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Newaygo County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Cloud in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $100,000 | Multiple trees and limbs were blown down near White Cloud. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $50,000 | Numerous reports of trees and power lines down in White Cloud and Newaygo. |
| July 2003 | Hail | White Cloud | $25,000 | Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported six miles southeast of White Cloud, and hail briefly covered the ground there. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down five miles west of White Cloud. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $15,000 | Several six inch tree limbs were blown down in White Cloud. A two foot diameter tree was also blown down brought several power lines down with it when it fell. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down near to north of White Cloud. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts in White Cloud. |
| April 2006 | Hail | White Cloud | $5,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by the public in White Cloud. |
| July 2006 | Hail | White Cloud | $5,000 | Broadcast media reported one inch hail in and near White Cloud. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | White Cloud | - | Large hail over an inch in diameter was reported near White Cloud. |
| June 1999 | Hail | White Cloud | - | 0.75" diameter hail was observed in White Cloud. 8 to 10 inch diameter limbs were downed by gusty thunderstorm winds near Trumbull Corners, just to the north of Big Prairie. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | - | Several trees were reported down in the White Cloud area causing power outages. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alleyton (historical) | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ramona | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jugville | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wooster | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Big Prairie | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Aetna | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Newaygo | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Oxbow | 9.2 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 White Cloud | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2517117 | 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 1622135. 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.








