BlockAvalon Beach, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands on Woodchuck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Erie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1912 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Erie quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Erie quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Erie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Erie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Erie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Avalon Beach between 2013 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 5 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONROE DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY 0002859 - 2019 |
| 22 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LUNA PIER FD 129 - 2020 |
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONROE TOWNSHIP VFD 1324 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LUNA PIER FD 121 - 2020 |
| 30 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONROE TOWNSHIP VFD 1179 - 2018 |
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LASALLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000267 - 2019 |
| 11 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONROE DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY 0002079 - 2019 |
| 7 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LUNA PIER FD 80 - 2018 |
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 Avalon Beach: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotfield Tile Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Monroe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Turtle Lake Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolles Harbor | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Grand View | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| North Shores | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| South Monroe | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| La Salle | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Evergreen Acres | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Monroe | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Luna Pier | 4.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620371. 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.