Bloomfield, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Birmingham City. It lies in ZIP code area 48009. It stands on Sunken Bridge Drain. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham quadrangle.
On record in Bloomfield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John W. Hunter Houselisted 1972 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1908 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0010098 - 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0009725 - 2018 |
| 25 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERKLEY DPS 0010750 - 2019 |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0009445 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0008978 - 2018 |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROYAL OAK FD 0003739 - 2019 |
| 11 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKLIN-BINGHAM FD 0000327 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0007575 - 2018 |
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 Bloomfield: 2 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow Clay Prod Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Daniels Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield in 1 storm report in 1996: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bloomfield | $2,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Birmingham | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Charing Cross | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bingham Farms | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Lathrup Village | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Bloomfield Hills | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Berkley | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Franklin | 4.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621614. 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.









