BlockLake Orion Heights, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Orion Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48362. It lies near Bellevue Island. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lake Orion Heights between 2018 and 2019, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORION TOWNSHIP FD 1555 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OXFORD FD 181049 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000475 - 2018 |
| 17 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORION TOWNSHIP FD 0000198 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OXFORD FD 180632 - 2018 |
| 24 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0000736 - 2019 |
| 8 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0000064 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lake Orion Heights: 11 producers, 1 past producer. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sibley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ajax Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| American Aggregate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bald Mt Plant No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granger Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Pit No. 311 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Salem Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Webers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Orion | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rudds Mill | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oxford | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gingellville | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Walters | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Waterstone | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Angelus | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Auburn Hills | 5.9 miles | 21 |
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 Q122541222 | 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 629990. 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.