Bruce Crossing, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Stannard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49912. It stands on House Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bruce Crossing quadrangle. 184 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Bruce Crossing quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Bruce Crossing quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bruce Crossing between 1994 and 2012, burning about 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | KEELER |
| 1 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | HAIGHT |
| 30 April 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | KATIE CLICK |
| 28 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | GERMAN ROAD |
| 24 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | METOS |
| 13 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Ottawa National Forest | STRANGLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruce Crossing in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruce Crossing | $2,000 | Trees reported down. Time was estimated from the radar. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruce Crossing | $1,000 | Report of a tree down along the side of Highway M-28 near Bruce Crossing. A delayed report with the time estimated from radar. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruce Crossing | - | Dispatch reported a large tree down at US-45 and Himanka Hill Road. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bruce Crossing | - | There were multiple reports of estimated quarter-sized hail between Bruce Crossing and Trout Creek. Time of the reports was estimated from radar imagery. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bruce Crossing | - | 3/4 inch diameter hail was reported. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bruce Crossing | - | Three quarter inch hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruce Crossing | - | Six trees were blown down along highway U.S. 45. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruce Crossing | - | Winds to 60 mph blew down numerous trees and power lines. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruce Crossing | - | 6 to 8 inch diameter apple trees down. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Bruce Crossing | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gem | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Balitmore | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Paynesville | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| North Paynesville | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ewen | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Agate | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Craigsmere | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Paulding | 9.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Bruce Crossing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4977321 | 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 622123. 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.








