BlockBeachmont, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Douglas City. It lies in ZIP code area 49406. It lies near Mount Baldhead. The Survey maps it on the Saugatuck quadrangle.
On record in Beachmont
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.
Lake Shore Chapellisted 1997 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1928 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saugatuck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Beachmont between 2007 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 2 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN #8 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2018256 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 02 |
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 01 |
| 26 March 2019 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2019186 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2018146 - 2018 |
| 25 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2018160 - 2018 |
| 1 March 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2020133 - 2020 |
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 Beachmont: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laketown Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood | 0.3 miles | 15 | |
| Douglas | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Saugatuck | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Old Saugatuck | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oxbow | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Singapore (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Macks Landing | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pier Cove | 4.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620803. 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.