BlockMiami Beach, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Koehler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49749. It stands on Little Pigeon River. The Survey maps it on the Indian River 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Wolverine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Indian River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Miami Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 08 - BIG SKY FIRE |
| 14 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST-WAVERLY FD 2018020 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000064 - 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand View Beach | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cold Springs | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Giauque Beach | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Royal Oak Beach | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Topinabee | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Indian River | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Veery Point | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wauban Beach | 4.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632186. 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.