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Braywood, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Covert Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49043. It lies near Thunder Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Covert quadrangle.

Braywood within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Braywood between 2003 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 4 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 use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 September 2003Recreation and ceremony6.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 142 - 2020
7 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 125 - 2018
8 June 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 106 - 2019
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 75 - 2018
7 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOVERT FD 0000166 - 2018
30 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOVERT FD 0000213 - 2018
26 May 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 94 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Braywood: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berrien Sand QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Busse SiteSilicaProducerSedimentary
Garlanger SiteSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Nadeau PitSilicaProducerSedimentary
Nadeau SiteSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Rose PitSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fish Corners2.3 miles11
Linden Hills3.1 miles11
Palisades Park3.7 miles11
Covert4.9 miles11
Toquin6.5 miles11
Crystal Beach7.0 miles11
Friendsville7.2 miles11
Wildwood7.6 miles11

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 Q122539125The 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 1617460. 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.