Bretton Woods, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Delta Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48917. The Survey maps it on the Lansing South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1910 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Lansing South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Bretton Woods between 1995 and 2019, burning about 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLINTON 01 - TURNER MUCK FIRE |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0015086 - 2018 |
| 18 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0016391 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING TOWNSHIP FD 0000353 - 2018 |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1910940 - 2019 |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0014536 - 2019 |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0014406 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1910689 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bretton Woods in 1 storm report in 2021: 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bretton Woods | $100,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down across portions of Eaton 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Delta Mills | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Delta Center | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Millett | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dimondale | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Whaley Drain | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Ledge | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| West Windsor | 7.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617081. 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.






