Zeeland, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Zeeland City. It lies in ZIP code area 49464. The Survey maps it on the Holland East quadrangle. 5,719 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
On record in Zeeland
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
Max and Esther De Pree Houselisted 2017- Zeeland Record Company Buildinglisted 2026
Population over time
2 figuresZeeland grew from 5,504 to 5,719 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 | 5,504 | |
| 2020 | 5,719 | +215 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Holland East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Zeeland between 2012 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19636 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 19381 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 02 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19543 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 20528 - 2020 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0002036 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0002003 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ZEELAND TOWNSHIP FD 19465 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Zeeland: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zeeland Brick Co.Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zeeland in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | Zeeland | $50,000 | One and three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by the public one mile east of Zeeland. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $20,000 | Numerous trees were downed in Zeeland. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Zeeland | $15,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by the public six miles east of Zeeland. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts in Zeeland. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Zeeland | $10,000 | Hail up to three quarters of an inch in diameter was reported four miles north of Zeeland, and hail briefly covered the ground there. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $10,000 | Trees were downed by strong winds in Zeeland. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $5,000 | Several tree limbs were knocked down near Zeeland. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $5,000 | An emergency manager four miles east of Zeeland reported a 60 m.p.h. wind gust. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Zeeland | - | An amateur radio operator reported one inch diameter hail near Zeeland. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | - | A trained spotter near Zeeland estimated a peak wind gust of 65 mph and reported several six to twelve inch diameter trees were blown down. The public reported numerous tree branches blown down in Jenison and a 15 inch diameter branch down on a house. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | - | A tree came down and also took power lines down in Zeeland. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Zeeland | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Zeeland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noordeloos | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Waverly | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Beaverdam | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Vriesland | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| New Holland | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Drenthe | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Borculo | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Holland | 5.1 miles | 11 |
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 Zeeland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1840466 | 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 1616917. 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.





