BlockOrchard Beach, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49721. It stands on Ballard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aloha 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 Cheboygan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Aloha quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Orchard Beach between 1994 and 2017, burning about 109 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 09 POLISH LINE |
| 15 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Orchard Beach: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheboygan Tile&Brick Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullett Lake Woods | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Aloha | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mullett Lake | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Beach | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Alverno | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Birchwood | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Long Point | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Veery Point | 5.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634082. 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.