BlockBrevort, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Moran Township. The Survey maps it on the Brevort quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1931 USGS Epoufette SE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Brevort quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Brevort between 2000 and 2018, burning about 42 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | PIPING HOT FIRE |
| 16 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | WEST BREVOORT LAKE |
| 10 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2003 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | BURMA |
| 24 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2005 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | BEACHSIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brevort: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.O. Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plateau Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoufette | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Kenneth | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ozark | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Moran | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Allenville | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Caffey Corner | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Caffey | 12.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rexton | 14.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621937. 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.