BlockBirchwood, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Chikaming Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49115. The Survey maps it on the Bridgman OE W quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1930 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Birchwood between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 335 - 2019 |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0039 - 2018 |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000201 - 2018 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 322 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 235 - 2019 |
| 22 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 193 - 2019 |
| 19 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 20-0023 - 2020 |
| 5 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 100 - 2020 |
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 Birchwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Bridgman Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelhurst | 0.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harbert | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bethany Beach | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Shorewood Hills | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Tower Hill Shorelands | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sawyer | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Turner Shores | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeside | 3.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621424. 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.