BlockBay Shore, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 49720. The Survey maps it on the Bay Shore quadrangle. 687 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Bayshore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Bay Shore quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bay Shore between 1995 and 2020, burning about 7 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PETOSKEY DPS-FIRE DIVISION 0000369 - 2020 |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PETOSKEY DPS-FIRE DIVISION 0000345 - 2019 |
| 3 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000094 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bay Shore: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Dixie Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Petoskey Shale Mine & Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hodgkiss & Duoma Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Manthei Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bell Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Northern Lime Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Petoskey Crushed Stone Co.Ls.Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| W.E.Smith Limestone Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgess | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Zenith Heights | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Horton Bay | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wildwood | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ironton | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Charlevoix | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Charlevoix Estates | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Advance | 9.5 miles | 13 |
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 Bay Shore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4874096 | 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 1618887. 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.