BlockOak, Michigan
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Detroit City. It lies in ZIP code area 48223. The Survey maps it on the Royal Oak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1905 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Royal Oak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Oak between 2018 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 14 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 | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032226 - 2019 |
| 9 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0033175 - 2018 |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032111 - 2019 |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032054 - 2019 |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0032843 - 2018 |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0031469 - 2019 |
| 3 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0031480 - 2019 |
| 25 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETROIT FD 0034521 - 2019 |
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: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beardsley Bros.Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Redford | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dearborn Heights | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Norton | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Dearborn | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Elm | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Greenfield Village | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Livonia | 6.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617754. 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.