Brookton Corners, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marquette Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49855. The Survey maps it on the Marquette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1907 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Brookton Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARQUETTE TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0000338 - 2019 |
| 8 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SURVIVOR MAN |
| 3 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLD BEAGLE CLUB |
| 28 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARQUETTE FIRE/RESCUE 191575 - 2019 |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WETMORE POND WEST |
| 31 August 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Brookton Corners: 13 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Copper and Zinc Deposit | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper&Nickel&Lead Prospect | Copper, Lead, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Lead Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Cleveland-Cliffs Ore Improve. Plnt | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Pioneer Pellet Plant | Iron | Plant | ||
| 480 Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City of Marquette Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City of Marquette Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Herman Gunlach Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Copper Deposit | Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trowbridge Park | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Forestville | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sugar Loaf | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pioneer Estates | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Marquette | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wetmore Landing | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Freeman Landing | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Eagle Mills | 4.8 miles | 15 |
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 Q122552168 | 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 622052. 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.







