Brookside, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garfield Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49684. The Survey maps it on the Grawn quadrangle.
On record in Brookside
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Northern Michigan Asylumlisted 1978 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Kingsley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grawn quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Brookside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLAIR TOWNSHIP FD 0000213 - 2019 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE METRO FD 193174 - 2019 |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE METRO FD 193152 - 2019 |
| 18 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRAVERSE CITY FD 0002106 - 2018 |
| 18 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 06 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRAVERSE CITY FD 0002045 - 2018 |
| 11 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Brookside: 7 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traverse City Plant | Iron | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Grand Traverse Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haywood Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Niedzielski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| The Concrete Service Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Walton Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traverse City | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Chums Corners | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Grawn | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fivemile Corner | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Acme | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Run | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hilltop | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Monroe Center | 9.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622041. 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.





