Bay View, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Bear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49770. It stands on Tannery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harbor Springs quadrangle. 183 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Bay View
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bay ViewNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresBay View grew from 133 to 183 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 | 133 | |
| 2020 | 183 | +50 (+38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Petoskey NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Harbor Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Bay View between 1996 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 1 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000253 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000217 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000239 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PETOSKEY DPS-FIRE DIVISION 0000369 - 2020 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 2018106 - 2018 |
| 1 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bay View: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | ||
| Kegomic Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Petoskey Crushed Stone Co.Ls.Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Backus Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Frenches Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Koboski Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kuchnicki Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Noggel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bay View in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay View | $135,000 | Severe winds caused extensive tree damage and some property damage in Petoskey and Bay View. Many trees and large limbs were downed, damaging a few structures. A large sign outside of a hotel was blown down, and trees on the property were uprooted. The Pennsylvania Plaza Building in Petoskey suffered damage to roofing and exterior brickwork. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay View | $8,000 | Numerous trees were downed in Petoskey. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bay View | - | A spotter reported penny-sized hail near the US-31 and US-131 intersection. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bay View | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petoskey | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Menonaqua Beach | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ramona Park | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Roaring Brook | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wequetonsing | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Harbor Point | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Conway | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chalet Estates | 4.0 miles | 14 |
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 View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4874147 | 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 620791. 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.





