Burgess, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hayes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49720. It stands on Susan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.

Burgess within Charlevoix County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Bayshore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Burgess between 1992 and 2008, burning about 5 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
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
3 May 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 May 1992	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 April 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 November 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CHARLEVOIX 04

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlevoix County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Burgess: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
D'Oge Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Northern Lime Company Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hodgkiss & Duoma Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Manthei Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Charlevoix 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bay Shore	3.4 miles	12
Charlevoix	5.7 miles	13
Charlevoix Estates	6.2 miles	13
Horton Bay	6.4 miles	12
Ironton	6.8 miles	13
Boulder Park	6.8 miles	13
Zenith Heights	7.4 miles	12
Advance	10.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617466. 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.