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Beechwood, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Iron River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49935. The Survey maps it on the Beechwood quadrangle.

Beechwood within Iron County

On record in Beechwood

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Beechwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2 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
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOttawa National ForestSUPERIOR VIEW FIRE
11 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestCOOKS RUN 3
5 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOttawa National ForestLANDING
29 May 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestCOOKS BRIDGE 2
18 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestCOOKS RUN 2012
18 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestCOOKS RUN 2
14 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOttawa National Forestnot named
7 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOttawa National ForestIRON LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Beechwood: 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Champion Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Iron River Lumber & Fuel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccolman ExplIronProspect
Pewabic ExplIronProspect
Pewabic West ExplIronProspect

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beechwood in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindBeechwood$3,000The Iron County Sheriff reported trees down near Beechwood.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBeechwood-Numerous large trees blown down in a three-mile swath.
April 2001HailBeechwood-1 inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Iron 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
Hazel1.7 miles14
Basswood4.3 miles13
Gibbs City6.0 miles14
Homer Location6.8 miles14
Forbes Location7.2 miles14
Mineral Hills7.4 miles14
Virgil Location8.1 miles14
Iron River8.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619153. 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.