Beal City, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Nottawa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48858. The Survey maps it on the Weidman quadrangle. 332 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBeal City fell from 345 to 332 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 345 | |
| 2010 | 357 | +12 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 332 | -25 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1916 USGS Mount Pleasant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Mount Pleasant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Mount Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Weidman quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Beal City between 2018 and 2019, burning about 60 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 | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOTTAWA-SHERMAN TWP FD 0000221 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 01 |
| 1 May 2018 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000028 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOTTAWA-SHERMAN TWP FD 0000107 - 2018 |
| 3 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000012 - 2018 |
| 25 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOTTAWA-SHERMAN TWP FD 0000079 - 2018 |
| 20 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000016 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Beal City: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Natnal Portland Cement Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beal City in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Beal City | $100,000 | A few buildings were flooded in Mt. Pleasant. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beal City | $100,000 | A dozen reports of trees down across area roads were received. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beal City | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beal City | $10,000 | Isabella county central dispatch reported that several 10-14 inch diameter trees were blown down near Beal City. One inch diameter hail was also reported. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beal City | $10,000 | The Isabella county road commission reported that multiple trees were blown down on Winn road just south of M-20. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beal City | $10,000 | A few trees were blown down in Beal City. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beal City | $5,000 | The public reported that the north side of a barn was blown out by strong winds. The east facing doors of the barn were also blown out. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Beal City | $5,000 | An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over Lake Isabella in Isabella county during the early afternoon hours, and local area law enforcement reported one and three quarters inch hail with the storm. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Beal City | - | Three quarters to one inch diameter hail was reported in Beal City and also near Rosebush. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weidman | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Two Rivers | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Deerfield Center | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Isabella | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Woods | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Drew | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Horr | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rosebush | 7.7 miles | 15 |
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 Beal City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1907901 | 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 620813. 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.








