BlockGlenwood Beach, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sims Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48703. The Survey maps it on the Point Lookout quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Point Lookout quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood Beach between 2003 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGRES-SIMS FD 0000012 - 2020 |
| 28 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 52 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 December 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGRES-SIMS FD 0000070 - 2019 |
| 14 October 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGRES-SIMS FD 0000055 - 2019 |
| 4 January 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood Beach: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Lake Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Arenac Co Pit # 1 Re Glancy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| C & D Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Iosco Co Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Van Dusen Stone Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Shores | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hammell Beach | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Delano | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Whitestone Point | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wagner Beach | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Au Gres | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Harmon City Heights | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Huron Heights | 6.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626891. 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.