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Sandy Beach, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Pigeon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49091. The Survey maps it on the Klinger Lake quadrangle.

Sandy Beach within St. Joseph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Beach between 2019 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural3
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 091 - 2020
2 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000100 - 2019
13 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000111 - 2019
9 March 2020Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000085 - 2020
8 March 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCONSTANTINE FD 78 - 2020
8 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000067 - 2019
31 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCONSTANTINE FD 87 - 2019
25 March 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 029 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Joseph County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Beach: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cole Brothers Contractors PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cole Brothers Contractors PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Joseph County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bluff Beach0.6 miles15
Klingers1.1 miles15
Oakwood1.4 miles15
Breezy Beach1.6 miles15
Sturgis5.9 miles10
White Pigeon6.0 miles14
Constantine7.7 miles14
Centreville8.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624912. 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.