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.
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
Lewis, John C. and Augusta (Covell), Houselisted 2010
Navigation Structures at White Lake Harborlisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresWhitehall 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,706 | |
| 2020 | 2,909 | +203 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Montague quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Montague quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Montague NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Muskegon quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Montague quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional 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 use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 14 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000532 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000525 - 2018 |
| 2 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 04 |
| 1 July 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 02 |
| 30 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTAGUE FD 0000199 - 2018 |
| 7 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRANT TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2018 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howmet Corp--Whitehall, Mich. | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Whitehall Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Whitehall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whitehall Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | 1992 |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | Whitehall | $5,000,000 | Heavy rain caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Muskegon county. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Whitehall | $500,000 | Hail up to one and three quarters inches in diameter was reported near Whitehall. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $250,000 | Wind gusts to near 70 mph downed numerous trees and power lines and caused considerable damage. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $50,000 | The media reported that a large tree fell on a house and that multiple trees were blown down in Whitehall. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $25,000 | A tree was blown down onto a mobile home and numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Whitehall. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Whitehall | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Whitehall | $10,000 | A report of three quarters inch hail was also received from Whitehall. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Whitehall | $5,000 | Broadcast media reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Whitehall. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Whitehall | $5,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported by the broadcast media in Blue Lake township. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $5,000 | A tree was blown down 6 miles east of Whitehall, and another was blown down 6 miles south of Whitehall. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $200 | The broadcast media reported that multiple healthy trees were blown down four miles north of Twin Lake. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Whitehall | - | Nickel sized hail was reported by an amateur radio operator in downtown Whitehall. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montague | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| South Whitehall | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Maple Grove | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wabaningo | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sylvan Beach | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Michillinda | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lakewood Club | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lakewood | 6.4 miles | 10 |
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 Whitehall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2558278 | 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 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.






