Oakwood, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Kalamazoo City. It lies in ZIP code area 49008. The Survey maps it on the Kalamazoo quadrangle.
On record in Oakwood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Andrew J. Stevens Houselisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away- Parkwyn Villagelisted 2022 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1916 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood between 2018 and 2020, burning about 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0078926 - 2018 |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORTAGE FD 0004039 - 2018 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP FD 1545 - 2018 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001310 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0006279 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0006282 - 2019 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0054887 - 2018 |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORTAGE FD 0002877 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oakwood: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bynre Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kalamazoo County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peters Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ravine Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakwood in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 9 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Lightning | Oakwood | 9 hurt | Nine people were injured when lightning struck a soccer field in Portage at Westfield Park. The injured were a mix of adults and students who ranged in age from 12 to 41. Seven people were transported to area hospitals and two sought treatment on their own. One man who was injured most seriously went into cardiac arrest before being treated and released from Bronson hospital in Kalamazoo. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oakwood | $500,000 | Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported in and near Oakwood. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | Trees and wires down. |
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 633907. 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.








