Brent Creek, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Flushing Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48433. It stands on Brent Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Lothrop quadrangle.
On record in Brent Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
House at 10410 Stanley Roadlisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1919 USGS Burt quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Burt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Burt quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New Lothrop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Brent Creek between 2018 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 5 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 233 - 2020 |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE GROVE TWP FD 0004719 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000073 - 2018 |
| 4 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000070 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FLUSHING FD 0000073 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000063 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAZELTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000015 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000090 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brent Creek: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saginaw Clay Products Co Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Neuman Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Snelenberger Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brent Creek in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Brent Creek | $100,000 | Multiple streets were flooded, including I-75. Vehicles were stranded due to the high water. Although rainfall totals where only around 1 inch, heavy rainfall of 3 to 5 inches from the previous day set the stage for the Flash Flooding which occurred. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Brent Creek | - | Dozens of streets were flooded, with a couple cars stranded. Kearsley creek near Davidson reached moderate flood stage, peaking at 11.24 feet on February 21st at 800 AM EST. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brent Creek | - | A large tree was reported blown down. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brent Creek | - | A large tree was reported blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Flushing | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Clio | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Farrandville | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Run | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Morris | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Beecher | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Swartz Creek | 11.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621924. 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.







