Beechwood, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Holland Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49424. It stands on Macatawa River. The Survey maps it on the Holland West quadrangle. 3,121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Isaac Cappon Houselisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Thomas and Anna Morrissey Houselisted 1999 · 0.7 miles away
Holland Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresBeechwood grew from 2,963 to 3,121 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 | 2,963 | |
| 2010 | 3,015 | +52 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 3,121 | +106 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1929 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Holland West quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Beechwood between 2005 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19636 - 2019 |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19543 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2019424 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 20528 - 2020 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0002036 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0002003 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0001973 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beechwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeeland Brick Co.Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklawn Beechwood | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Holland | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tasmas Corners | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Waverly | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Creek | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Virginia Park | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Macatawa | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Noordeloos | 4.7 miles | 11 |
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 Beechwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2405678 | 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 1867312. 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.





