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Bryant, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Curtis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48737. The Survey maps it on the Glennie quadrangle.

Bryant within Alcona County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Bryant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
12 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestTWIN SPIRE
6 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestF 30
5 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.4 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestDEAD END
31 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestDEERLAND
3 August 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestPINKNEY
2 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestBISSONETTE
19 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestHUNTERS
19 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestSHEEP RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alcona 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 Bryant: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
State Pit #232Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Alcona 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
Wallace0.5 miles11
Kurtz2.7 miles11
Glennie4.0 miles11
Cheviers4.8 miles11
Curtisville10.9 miles9
Barton City11.4 miles11
Alvin11.8 miles11
Killmaster13.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622151. 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.