BlockPine Grove Beach, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49304. The Survey maps it on the Big Star Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Baldwin SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Big Star Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,405 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 | 48 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BALLFIELD |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BIG STAR |
| 8 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HOLY COW |
| 25 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BIG STAR LAKE |
| 10 August 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | IRON BRIDGE |
| 1 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | STAR LAKE DR. |
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SOUTH BRANCH |
| 7 July 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | OSBOURNE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621242. 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.