Green Oak, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Green Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48116. It stands on Woodruff Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Lyon quadrangle.
On record in Green Oak
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.
Bingham Houselisted 1972 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1902 USGS South Lyon quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS South Lyon quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1908 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS South Lyon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Green Oak between 1994 and 2019, burning about 63 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000485 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRIGHTON AREA FD 0001078 - 2018 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000863 - 2018 |
| 28 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000968 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000915 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000897 - 2018 |
| 29 June 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000775 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LYON TOWNSHIP FD 0000510 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Green Oak: 14 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Oak Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Oaks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holloway Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kensington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kent Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Milford Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muir Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant No 30 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Oak in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Lightning | Green Oak | 1 hurt | A 42 year old man was struck by lightning while standing near his front door. The man sustained only minor injuries. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Oak | - | Trees and power lines reported down in Green Oak Township. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Oak | - | Trees reported blown down across Green Oak Township. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Oak | - | Multiple trees reported down in Green Oak Township as well as in Hamburg. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Oak | - | Multiple trees and tree limbs reported down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Oak | - | A 10 inch diameter tree limb was blown down over the road. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Oak | - | A trained spotter reported tree limbs down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Oak | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushton | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Whitmore Lake | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Brighton | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hamburg | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Parishfield | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lakeland | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Chilson | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pettysville | 9.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627318. 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.









