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Whitehall, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Whitehall City. It lies in ZIP code area 49461. It stands on Bush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montague quadrangle. 2,909 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 607 feet above sea level.

Whitehall within Muskegon County

On record in Whitehall

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

Population over time

2 figures

Whitehall grew from 2,706 to 2,909 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
20102,706
20202,909+203 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Whitehall between 1992 and 2019, burning about 116 acres in total. None 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 use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
8 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOCEANA 14
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000532 - 2018
4 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000525 - 2018
2 July 2018Debris and open burning8.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 04
1 July 2018Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 02
30 June 2007Recreation and ceremony5.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 June 2018Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONTAGUE FD 0000199 - 2018
7 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRANT TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskegon 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 Whitehall: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Titanium, Metal, Titanium, 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
Howmet Corp--Whitehall, Mich.TitaniumPast Producer
Whitehall Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Whitehall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whitehall Plant TiTitanium, MetalPlant1992

Every working recorded in Muskegon County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehall in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013FloodWhitehall$5,000,000Heavy rain caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Muskegon county.
April 2020HailWhitehall$500,000Hail up to one and three quarters inches in diameter was reported near Whitehall.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$250,000Wind gusts to near 70 mph downed numerous trees and power lines and caused considerable damage.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$50,000The media reported that a large tree fell on a house and that multiple trees were blown down in Whitehall.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$25,000A tree was blown down onto a mobile home and numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Whitehall.
May 2001HailWhitehall$25,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$15,000no account filed
August 2003HailWhitehall$10,000A report of three quarters inch hail was also received from Whitehall.
April 2006HailWhitehall$5,000Broadcast media reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Whitehall.
August 2004HailWhitehall$5,000Three quarters inch hail was reported by the broadcast media in Blue Lake township.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$5,000A tree was blown down 6 miles east of Whitehall, and another was blown down 6 miles south of Whitehall.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$200The broadcast media reported that multiple healthy trees were blown down four miles north of Twin Lake.
July 2008HailWhitehall-Nickel sized hail was reported by an amateur radio operator in downtown Whitehall.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindWhitehall-A very large basswood tree was uprooted by winds that were estimated to be between 60 and 70 mph, at Lincoln Golf Course, located about halfway between Muskegon and Whitehall. The base of the tree trunk was at least three feet in diameter. The base of the uprooted tree roots and dirt measured 25 feet across. Very strong winds were reported throughout the county but other damage was minor.

Every storm recorded in Muskegon 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
Montague0.6 miles10
South Whitehall0.8 miles10
Maple Grove1.0 miles10
Wabaningo4.7 miles11
Sylvan Beach4.8 miles11
Michillinda5.3 miles11
Lakewood Club5.4 miles10
Lakewood6.4 miles10

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 WhitehallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2558278The 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 1622149. 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.