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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.

Brent Creek within Genesee County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

14 since 2018

Regional 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 use6
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 233 - 2020
17 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMAPLE GROVE TWP FD 0004719 - 2019
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000073 - 2018
4 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000070 - 2018
1 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use15 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFLUSHING FD 0000073 - 2018
30 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000063 - 2018
29 April 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHAZELTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000015 - 2019
28 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONTROSE TOWNSHIP FD 0000090 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Saginaw Clay Products Co Shale PitClayPast Producer
Neuman Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snelenberger Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2014Flash FloodBrent Creek$100,000Multiple 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 2018FloodBrent 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 2017Thunderstorm WindBrent Creek-A large tree was reported blown down.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindBrent Creek-A large tree was reported blown down.

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
Montrose4.1 miles14
Flushing4.2 miles14
Clio9.1 miles16
Farrandville10.0 miles16
Pine Run10.0 miles16
Mount Morris10.2 miles16
Beecher10.4 miles16
Swartz Creek11.5 miles13

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.