BlockCharing Cross, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bloomfield Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48304. It stands on Amy Drain. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham quadrangle.
On record in Charing Cross
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Thomas W. and Margaret Taliaferro Houselisted 2011 · 0.6 miles away
John & Mary Elizabeth Booth Endicott Houselisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Trowbridge Road-Grand Trunk Western Railroad Bridgelisted 2000 · 0.8 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
28 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Charing Cross between 2018 and 2019, burning about 28 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003804 - 2019 |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0009445 - 2019 |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROYAL OAK FD 0003739 - 2019 |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0008511 - 2019 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TROY FD 0002242 - 2018 |
| 14 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003325 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003315 - 2019 |
| 11 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BIRMINGHAM FD 0001383 - 2019 |
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 Charing Cross: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Underwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Hills | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Birmingham | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bloomfield | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Beverly Hills | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Auburn Heights | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Troy | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bingham Farms | 4.7 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617483. 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.