Oak Grove, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cohoctah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48855. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1907 USGS Howell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Howell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1993 and 2019, burning about 53 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000873 - 2018 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000781 - 2018 |
| 14 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000642 - 2019 |
| 8 May 1993 | Smoking | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIVINGSTON 02 |
| 17 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000517 - 2019 |
| 16 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTLAND AREA FD 0000283 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWELL AREA FD 0000467 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 4 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $800,000 | Trees reported down throughout the county. Over 400 homes and mobile homes were affected, with 4 homes suffering major damage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $40,000 | Trees reported down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | - | Trees were reported blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | - | Central dispatch reported a tree blown down. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Oak Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Oak Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Oak Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohoctah | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Deer Creek | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Deerfield Center | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cohoctah Center | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fleming | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Howell | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Parshallville | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fowlerville | 8.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633813. 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.






