Milwood, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Kalamazoo City. It lies in ZIP code area 49001. It stands on West Fork Portage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kalamazoo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1916 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Milwood between 2018 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 4 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 | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001533 - 2019 |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0078926 - 2018 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP FD 1545 - 2018 |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001522 - 2019 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001497 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001310 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0006279 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0006282 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Milwood: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkema Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Consumers Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ravine Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milwood in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milwood | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported that a couple of large healthy trees were blown down in downtown Kalamazoo. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milwood | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported that large limbs and branches were blown down in Milwood. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milwood | - | Large trees blocking the sidewalk. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Milwood | - | The public reported three quarters inch diameter hail near Milwood. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Milwood | - | Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by the public near Milwood. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Milwood | - | A trained spotter reported one inch diameter hail near Milwood. |
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.
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 Q122572481 | 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 632436. 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.








