Beverly Shores, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46301. The Survey maps it on the Michigan City West quadrangle. 599 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
On record in Beverly Shores
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 6 records
Bartlett Real Estate Officelisted 2004
Beverly Shores South Shore Railroad Stationlisted 1989
Beverly Shores-Century of Progress Architectural Districtlisted 1986
Imre and Maria Horner Houselisted 1996
Dr. John and Gerda Meyer Houselisted 2012
Solomon Enclavelisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresBeverly Shores fell from 613 to 599 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 | 613 | |
| 2020 | 599 | -14 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Michigan City West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Michigan City West quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Michigan City West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Michigan City West quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,471 words on this townshipCounties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pine Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Pine Township - 3,471 words.
Fires near this place
172 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Beverly Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | ALDER |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | BEV SHOR 4 |
| 7 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | TAB FIRE |
| 6 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | GROUNDFIRE |
| 6 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | TRASH PIT |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CENTRAL POLE |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HANDCREW |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | W. BALDY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beverly Shores: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan City Eng. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sheridan Ave Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly Shores in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly Shores | - | A personal weather station measured a wind gust to 58 mph. |
| September 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Beverly Shores | - | Video shared on social media showed a waterspout moving onshore as a landspout northeast of Beverly Shores at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The landspout dissipated quickly once over land and no damage was reported. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly Shores | - | Multiple trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Pines | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Furnessville | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tremont | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Brummitt Acres | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Graham Woods | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wake Robin Fields | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Burdick | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dune Acres | 6.5 miles | 16 |
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 Beverly Shores | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2321424 | 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 430998. 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.






