BlockOakland, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Overisel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49419. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1958 USGS Allegan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Hamilton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
403 words on this townshipA Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan, published 1907 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Overisel Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Overisel Township - 403 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVERISEL FD 2000087 - 2020 |
| 9 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000061 - 2018 |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVERISEL FD 0000027 - 2018 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000021 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON FD 0000099 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oakland: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pickett and Schreur, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentheim | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Diamond Springs | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Burnips | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Overisel | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hamilton | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| New Salem | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Fillmore | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sandy Pines | 6.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2105425. 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.