BlockArtesia Beach, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Higgins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48656. It stands on Cameron Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Helen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS St. Helen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Artesia Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROSCOMMON 10 |
| 12 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DENTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000150 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROSCOMMON 02 - MOORE RD |
| 8 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000050 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Artesia Beach: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Valley | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Au Sable River Park | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Helen | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Geels | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Keno | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Prudenville | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sharps Corners | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Roscommon | 11.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620251. 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.