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Brunswick, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Holton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49425. The Survey maps it on the Holton quadrangle.

Brunswick within Muskegon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Brunswick between 1994 and 2020, burning about 149 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 08
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT FD 387 - 2019
10 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 0004
1 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 08
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 06
6 July 2008Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 04
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT FD 376 - 2019
20 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLTON FD 0000189 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskegon County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brunswick: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Muskegon Brick Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Muskegon County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Holton2.5 miles10
Twin Lake8.2 miles10
Lakewood11.1 miles10
Lakewood Club12.4 miles10
Wolf Lake12.8 miles10
Apple Carr Village13.8 miles11
Morland Corner13.9 miles13
Dalton14.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619343. 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.