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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.

White Cloud within Newaygo County

Population over time

2 figures

White 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,408
20201,479+71 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

156 since 1993

Regional 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 burning85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National Forest0120W
6 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestWOOSTER
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestTOFT
22 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBASELINE
17 September 2017Other causesunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestWILLOW
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestNEW SHIRT
9 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minor3.3 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestFOOTBALL
5 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestDUMPTRUCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newaygo County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burkett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Howard Eichenberg CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leroy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Newaygo County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Newaygo County

Storms near this place

15 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$100,000Multiple trees and limbs were blown down near White Cloud.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$100,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$50,000Numerous reports of trees and power lines down in White Cloud and Newaygo.
July 2003HailWhite Cloud$25,000Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported six miles southeast of White Cloud, and hail briefly covered the ground there.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$20,000Several trees were blown down five miles west of White Cloud.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$15,000Several 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 2022Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$10,000Several trees were blown down near to north of White Cloud.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$10,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$5,000Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts in White Cloud.
April 2006HailWhite Cloud$5,000Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by the public in White Cloud.
July 2006HailWhite Cloud$5,000Broadcast media reported one inch hail in and near White Cloud.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud$5,000no account filed
June 2023HailWhite Cloud-Large hail over an inch in diameter was reported near White Cloud.
June 1999HailWhite 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 1994Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud-Several trees were reported down in the White Cloud area causing power outages.

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
Alleyton (historical)1.1 miles14
Ramona4.0 miles14
Jugville4.8 miles14
Wooster6.1 miles14
Big Prairie7.2 miles13
Aetna8.0 miles14
Newaygo9.1 miles12
Oxbow9.2 miles12

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 CloudAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2517117The 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.