BlockBrownsville, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Calvin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49031. The Survey maps it on the Vandalia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elkhart 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 Brownsville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CASSOPOLIS VFD 0000120 - 2020 |
| 7 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PENN TOWNSHIP FD 0000034 - 2018 |
| 3 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PENN TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2019 |
| 26 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PENN TOWNSHIP FD 0000107 - 2018 |
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 Brownsville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Co Pit Lowitz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Rate Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownsville in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Brownsville | - | Tornado touched down southwest of the intersection of Brownsville St and Calvin Center Road in a wooded area and then traveled rapidly northeast, just missing the Calvin Center Seventh Day Adventist Church. Several large trees were uprooted here along with chain link fence pulled from the ground. Some minor damage was noted to the church including stripped siding and shingle loss. More extensive tree and structural damage to homes was noted just northeast of here including a roof off a single wide mobile home, a garage lost part of the roof and a two story house was twisted on its foundation along with roof damage. In addition dozens of snapped/uprooted trees were observed. Additional tree damage occurred northeast toward Paradise Lake where several houses sustained minor roof and siding damage along with uprooted trees down on houses. The tornado continued through a heavily wooded swamp before dissipating south of Donnell Lake. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 110 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Shores | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Eagle Point | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Beach | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Calvin Center | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Vandalia | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cassopolis | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Williamsville | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Penn | 4.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622116. 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.