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Greenbush, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenbush Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48738. The Survey maps it on the Greenbush quadrangle.

Greenbush 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Greenbush between 1992 and 2018, burning about 153 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 burning18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALCONA 26 - HAYBALE FIRE
8 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2012Smokingunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALCONA 20 - R&D FIRE
21 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALCONA 18
1 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGREENBUSH TOWNSHIP VFD 0000008 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alcona County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Greenbush: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Greenbush Pit &MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Slater No 1 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Alcona County

Storms near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenbush in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGreenbush$6,000Multiple trees were downed on South Poor Farm Road.
May 2025HailGreenbush-A short burst of hail for about 5 minutes, resulting in hail up to the size of nickels near Greenbush in Alcona county. Most hail stones were one-half inch diameter or smaller.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGreenbush-no account filed

Every storm 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
Springport3.3 miles11
Harrisville4.9 miles11
Mikado5.6 miles11
Gustin5.9 miles11
Killmaster7.8 miles11
Alvin8.0 miles11
Lincoln8.4 miles11
Alcona11.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627340. 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.