Beaton, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Watersmeet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49969. It stands on Snap Jack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1952 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Beaton quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Beaton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Beaton between 1998 and 2013, burning about 21 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 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | HEMLOCK |
| 29 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | LITTLE BEATONS LAKE |
| 16 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | KATHERINE LAKE FIRE |
| 3 May 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Ottawa National Forest | OX YOKE LAKE |
| 25 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | PITLIK PIT FIRE |
| 24 May 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | NO TOOL FIRE |
| 19 May 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | THOUSAND ISLE FIRE |
| 16 May 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | 007 |
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 Beaton: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Lake County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fox Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaton in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaton | $10,000 | The U.S. Forest Service reported a wide variety of scattered multiple trees and large branches down throughout the Sylvania Wilderness Area in eastern Gogebic County during an onsite survey by USFS personnel in the Ottawa National Forest. The time of the delayed report was based on radar. Estimated wind gusts were between 50 and 70 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stickley | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Thayer | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Watersmeet | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bonifas | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Gogebic | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fuller | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| White City | 13.2 miles | 12 | |
| Tamarack | 15.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619133. 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.







