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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.

Oakwood within Kalamazoo County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 2018

Regional 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/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKALAMAZOO DPS 0078926 - 2018
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE FD 0004039 - 2018
5 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSHTEMO TOWNSHIP FD 1545 - 2018
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001310 - 2019
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKALAMAZOO DPS 0006279 - 2019
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKALAMAZOO DPS 0006282 - 2019
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKALAMAZOO DPS 0054887 - 2018
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE FD 0002877 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kalamazoo County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bynre PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kalamazoo County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peters Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ravine Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kalamazoo County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011LightningOakwood9 hurtNine 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 2024HailOakwood$500,000Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported in and near Oakwood.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindOakwood-Trees and wires down.

Every storm recorded in Kalamazoo County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Milwood2.9 miles20
Kalamazoo3.0 miles20
Oshtemo3.1 miles18
Westwood3.3 miles18
Portage4.4 miles15
Lakewood4.5 miles20
Eastwood4.9 miles20
Texas Corners5.2 miles15

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.