Ossawinamakee Beach, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hiawatha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49854. The Survey maps it on the Manistique West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1931 USGS Cooks NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Cooks quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Manistique quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Manistique West quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ossawinamakee Beach between 1994 and 2019, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHOTGUN FIRE |
| 21 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201916 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ossawinamakee Beach: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Marble Lime Co.Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Fred Fitzgerald Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stoney Cut No. 19 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ossawinamakee Beach in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ossawinamakee Beach | $3,000 | Delayed report from Facebook of trees and branches down near Indian Lake. Time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ossawinamakee Beach | $1,000 | There was a delayed report of three fruit trees of approximately six inches in diameter uprooted. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ossawinamakee Beach | - | There was a public report of penny-sized hail four miles northwest of Manistique. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ossawinamakee Beach | - | A six-inch diameter tree limb was reported down on Birch Street near Indian Lake, MI. Storms also dumped three to four inches of rain between Manistique and Gulliver. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen Beach | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Harrison Beach | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Evergreen Shores | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sunset Beach | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Minor Beach | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Manistique | 3.8 miles | 6 | |
| Michiwaukee Shores | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Richardsons Mill | 5.1 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122552679 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621123. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






