BlockBreezy Beach, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Pigeon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49099. It stands on Sherman Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Klinger Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1914 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Klinger Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Breezy Beach between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 108 - 2020 |
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 091 - 2020 |
| 2 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000077 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000057 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000100 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000111 - 2019 |
| 9 March 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000085 - 2020 |
| 8 March 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CONSTANTINE FD 78 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Breezy Beach: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Api Dredge and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cole Brothers Contractors Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Bluff Beach | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sandy Beach | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Klingers | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| White Pigeon | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Constantine | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sturgis | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Centreville | 8.5 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547636 | 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 1624413. 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.