BlockBrandon Gardens, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Brandon Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48462. It lies near Eagle Island. The Survey maps it on the Ortonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Brandon Gardens between 2003 and 2019, burning about 17 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 use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000709 - 2018 |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000601 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000615 - 2018 |
| 23 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000541 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000447 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000436 - 2018 |
| 26 April 2003 | Smoking | 3.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ortonville | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Perry Lake Heights | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Austin Corners | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Jossman Acres | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Springfield | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Groveland Corners | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Clarkston | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Oakwood | 6.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621887. 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.