North Bradley, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Geneva Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48618. It stands on Bluff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1934 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of North Bradley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 219 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 10 |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 15 |
| 25 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 09 |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 14 |
| 8 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 North Bradley: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish's Tile Plant Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Pohl Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Bradley in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2006: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Bradley | - | Central dispatch reported a tree blown down. |
| August 2000 | Hail | North Bradley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamando | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Francis Grove | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Wrights (historical) | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Coleman | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Curtis | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Sanford | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Olson | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Edenville | 8.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122559953 | 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 633484. 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.







