BlockManitou Beach, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 49779. It stands on Schmidt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moltke quadrangle.
On record in Manitou Beach
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Forty Mile Point Light Stationlisted 1984 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Moltke quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Manitou Beach between 2001 and 2012, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 07 |
| 1 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Beach | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Hammond | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Moltke | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Presque Isle Estates | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bell Landing | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rogers City | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Huron Beach | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bruningville | 9.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631387. 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.