Wildwood, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49712. The Survey maps it on the Bay Shore quadrangle.

Wildwood within Charlevoix County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Bayshore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Bay Shore quadrangle1:25000
1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 August 2018	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 1808040 - 2018
13 August 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BOYNE CITY FD 0077446 - 2018
28 June 2018	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 1806240 - 2018
5 May 2007	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 May 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 May 1992	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
18 May 1996	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlevoix County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wildwood: 2 prospects, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Boyne City Prtlnd Cmnt Co Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unnamed Shale Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Unnamed Shale Prospect	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Charlevoix 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Zenith Heights	3.3 miles	12
Boyne City	3.4 miles	13
Walloon Lake	3.6 miles	14
Horton Bay	4.3 miles	12
Clarion	4.3 miles	14
Advance	5.0 miles	13
Boyne Falls	8.1 miles	11
Bay Shore	8.2 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618956. 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.