Brohman, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Merrill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49312. The Survey maps it on the Woodland Park quadrangle. It stands 965 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS White Cloud NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Woodland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Brohman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BLACK BEAR |
| 17 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | FRUIT TRUCK |
| 6 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LINCOLN |
| 5 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WOOD BRIDGE |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | FREEDOM |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREMONT FD 281 - 2020 |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CANDLE |
| 26 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | EVERGREEN DITCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brohman in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brohman | $50,000 | A NWS storm survey confirmed areas of tree damage consistent with winds up to 75 mph southeast of Brohman along 6 mile road near Evergreen Drive extending to Spruce Avenue. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Brohman | $15,000 | Law enforcement in Brohman reported three quarters inch diameter hail. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brohman | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported that multiple trees were blown down near Brohman. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Brohman | $5,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by local media in Brohman. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bitely | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ramona | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lilley | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Woodville | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Walgamor Corners | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| White Cloud | 9.6 miles | 14 | |
| Aetna | 9.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122549656 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619322. 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.








