BlockBeechwood, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49047. The Survey maps it on the Sister Lakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1927 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1931 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Sister Lakes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Beechwood between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 4 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 81 - 2020 |
| 28 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 78 - 2020 |
| 7 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDIAN LAKE VFD 2018025 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDIAN LAKE VFD 2018019 - 2018 |
| 13 May 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SISTER LAKES FD 020-025 - 2020 |
| 7 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 21 - 2020 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 38 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 51 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beechwood: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunaetz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rudell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Silver Creek Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Lake | 0.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sandy Beach | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Maple Island | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dowagiac | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sumnerville | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Five Mile Corners | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pokagon | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Twin Lakes | 8.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2109324. 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.