Oakwood, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Brandon Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48462. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood between 2010 and 2019, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019 |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OXFORD FD 181049 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000475 - 2018 |
| 23 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OXFORD FD 180758 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000447 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HADLEY TOWNSHIP FD 0719066 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000436 - 2018 |
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: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sibley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| American Aggregate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granger Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Pit No. 311 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakwood in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Oakwood | $2,000,000 | Roads and basements became flooding across southern Oakland county as 3 to 4 inches of rain was reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $325,000 | Power lines and trees reported down, with at least one landing on a house. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Oakwood | $10,000 | Hail was large enough to break windows. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $5,000 | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $2,000 | Large trees were reported blown down. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | Powerlines reported down. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Oakwood | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Waterstone | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Perry Lake Heights | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oxford | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ortonville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Brandon Gardens | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Walters | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Orion | 7.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633908. 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.







