White Pigeon, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Pigeon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49099. The Survey maps it on the Constantine quadrangle. 1,718 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
On record in White Pigeon
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 2 records
US Government Land Office Building, Oldlisted 1989
Wahbememe Burial Site and Monumentlisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresWhite Pigeon grew from 1,522 to 1,718 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 | 1,522 | |
| 2020 | 1,718 | +196 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1914 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Constantine quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of White Pigeon between 2009 and 2020, burning about 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 108 - 2020 |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 107 - 2020 |
| 29 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CONSTANTINE FD 211 - 2020 |
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 091 - 2020 |
| 19 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000120 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0097 - 2019 |
| 20 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 085 - 2020 |
| 20 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 086 - 2020 |
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 White Pigeon: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Api Dredge and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Pigeon in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | White Pigeon | 1 hurt, $322,200 | Tornado touched down north of the Elkhart/St Joseph Michigan county line southwest of White Pigeon and skipped northeast before lifting north of White pigeon. F1 damage near SR 131 and SR 12 to buildings and high tension wires. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | White Pigeon | $20,000 | A trained spotter reported that a house on Dickinson Road was struck by lightning and on fire. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | $20,000 | St. Joseph County Central Dispatch reported downed trees and power lines across White Pigeon Township. One tree landed on a vehicle at 309 S. Washington Street in White Pigeon. Intermittent power outages occurred at the height of the storm. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | $15,000 | A tree was blown over, crushing a car and part of a house. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | $5,000 | St. Joseph County Central Dispatch reported trees downed and minor street flooding in the White Pigeon area. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | $1,200 | A trained spotter reported trees and powerlines down in the area. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | $200 | The public reported tree limbs of 1 to 2 inch diameter down. The public estimated the wind to be 55 mph. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | A report of 70 to 75 mph wind gusts was noted near White Pigeon. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Trees down across the town of White Pigeon. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Trained spotters reported several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Tree down onto a trailer on Fawn River Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Trees and power lines down. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Amateur radio operators reported power lines down from tree limbs impacting the lines. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Trained spotter reported numerous trees down southwest of White Pigeon. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Large trees were reported down, with some blocking roads. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | Gusty thunderstorms winds blew several trees. |
| January 2013 | Hail | White Pigeon | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | White Pigeon | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | White Pigeon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Pigeon | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | White Pigeon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Breezy Beach | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oakwood | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bluff Beach | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sandy Beach | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mottville | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Klingers | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Golden Pond Estates | 8.0 miles | 15 |
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 Pigeon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2028499 | 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 1625017. 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.






