BlockBainbridge Center, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1970. It stands in Bainbridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49022. The Survey maps it on the Sodus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1927 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Sodus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bainbridge Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000455 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERVLIET FD 322 - 2020 |
| 22 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERVLIET FD 189 - 2019 |
| 12 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 109 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SISTER LAKES FD 020-022 - 2020 |
| 2 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 52 - 2018 |
| 12 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 65 - 2020 |
| 20 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000185 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bainbridge Center in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bainbridge Center | $1,000 | A large tree was snapped near M-140 and Empire Ave. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napier | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Spinks Corners | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Millburg | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pearl Grange | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Watervliet | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Naomi | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Coloma | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Benton Center | 5.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q122557950 | 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 620464. 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.
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.