BlockTobico Beach, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bangor Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48706. The Survey maps it on the Kawkawlin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1916 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kawkawlin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Tobico Beach between 2010 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 684 - 2020 |
| 30 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 688 - 2020 |
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONITOR TOWNSHIP FD 785 - 2019 |
| 25 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KAWKAWLIN TOWNSHIP FD 334 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR TOWNSHIP FD 1160 - 2018 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR TOWNSHIP FD 1149 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BAY CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0002667 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BAY CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0002669 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tobico Beach: 1 prospect. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winona Coal Co Shale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Killarney Beach | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Killarney Beach | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lagoon Beach | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Donahue Beach | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kawkawlin | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Brissette Beach | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Aplin Beach | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Linwood Beach | 3.7 miles | 14 |
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 Q122592068 | 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 1614898. 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.