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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.

Beaton within Gogebic County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 1998

Regional 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/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOttawa National ForestHEMLOCK
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOttawa National ForestLITTLE BEATONS LAKE
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOttawa National ForestKATHERINE LAKE FIRE
3 May 1999Natural20 acresOttawa National ForestOX YOKE LAKE
25 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestPITLIK PIT FIRE
24 May 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOttawa National ForestNO TOOL FIRE
19 May 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOttawa National ForestTHOUSAND ISLE FIRE
16 May 1998Naturalunder an acreOttawa National Forest007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gogebic County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Damon Lake County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fox Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Gogebic County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBeaton$10,000The 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.

Every storm recorded in Gogebic County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Stickley3.2 miles13
Thayer6.9 miles13
Watersmeet8.8 miles15
Bonifas9.1 miles15
Gogebic9.5 miles12
Fuller12.5 miles14
White City13.2 miles12
Tamarack15.7 miles14

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.