Bridgewater, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bridgewater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48176. The Survey maps it on the Bridgewater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Saline quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1908 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bridgewater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bridgewater between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLINTON FD 239 - 2020 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLINTON FD 0000184 - 2018 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000132 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALINE AREA FD 0000360 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALINE AREA FD 0000353 - 2019 |
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 Bridgewater: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Allstine Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Washtenaw County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgewater in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Hail | Bridgewater | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| River Raisin | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Saline | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Rogers Corner | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Manchester | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rowes Corner | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Jerusalem | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lima Center | 9.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621974. 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.








