BlockBrice, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Shade Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48856. The Survey maps it on the Carson City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Carson City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Brice between 2018 and 2019, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201843 - 2018 |
| 27 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201922 - 2019 |
| 21 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000170 - 2019 |
| 17 March 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARSON CITY FD 201813 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brice in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2008: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brice | $5,000 | Two six to eight inch diameter trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 58 mph. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brice | - | An estimated wind gust to 52 knots blew a hay bailer back eight feet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sethton | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Perrinton | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| New Haven Center | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Newark | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pompeii | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bridgeville | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Eugene | 9.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617461. 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.