BlockOak Ridge, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Soo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49710. The Survey maps it on the Oak Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1919 USGS Neebish quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Neebish quadrangle1:63360
- 1951 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Oak Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Oak Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 236 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 82 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 16 MILE FIRE |
| 28 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEEBISH |
| 19 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 14 MILE |
| 26 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 112 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAULT STE MARIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Ridge in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Oak Ridge | - | Report of 1 diameter hail on Neebish Island. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Oak Ridge | - | Report via social media. Pictures of measured 1.5 inch hailstones on far north side of Neebish Island. Time estimated via radar. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Oak Ridge | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633857. 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.
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.