Beecher Lake, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Beecher town. It lies in ZIP code area 54156. It stands on Beecher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amberg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Amberg quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
208 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Beecher Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 were 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 | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FRIDAY FIRE |
| 13 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROCK FIRE |
| 6 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Beecher Lake: 10 past producers, 9 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberg Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Silvery Grey Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Amberg Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Amberg Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Amberg Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beecher Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beecher Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Boshen Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Downing Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Headquarters Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beecher Lake in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Beecher Lake | - | Quarter size hail fell near Beecher. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beecher Lake | - | Scattered trees were blown down along and south of U.S. Highway 8 in the northern part of the county. |
| July 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Beecher Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beecher | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Amberg | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pembine | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cedarville | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kremlin (historical) | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| White Pine Haven | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Dunbar | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Athelstane | 11.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577511. 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.







