BlockOak Point, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Napoleon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49201. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Michigan Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Michigan Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Oak Point between 2018 and 2020, burning about 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 362 - 2020 |
| 8 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 0000352 - 2018 |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 344 - 2020 |
| 22 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 294 - 2020 |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRASS LAKE FD 0000177 - 2018 |
| 14 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLACKMAN-LEONI TOWNSHIP DPS 13678 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLACKMAN-LEONI TOWNSHIP DPS 6215 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 145 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oak Point: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellen Camp Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Palmer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jude Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Jude Stone Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Napoleon Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napoleon | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Leoni | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Norvell | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Grass Lake | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Michigan Center | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fishville | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Brooklyn | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jefferson | 6.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633855. 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.