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Oakwood, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Pigeon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49099. The Survey maps it on the Klinger Lake quadrangle.

Oakwood within St. Joseph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

15 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood between 2018 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 4 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 use6
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 August 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 108 - 2020
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 091 - 2020
2 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000077 - 2018
2 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000100 - 2019
13 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000111 - 2019
9 March 2020Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000085 - 2020
8 March 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCONSTANTINE FD 78 - 2020
8 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000067 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Joseph County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oakwood: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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
Api Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cole Brothers Contractors PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Joseph County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakwood in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Oakwood$60,000Ground and aerial surveys confirm a weak tornado began near the intersection of Olnhausen and Shimmel Rd where over a dozen pine trees were snapped and several others were uprooted. The tornado proceeded quickly northeast removing an empty grain bin and a portion of a pole barn roof west of the intersection of Fawn River and Stubey roads. The grain bin was thrown into power lines along Fawn River Road, possibly aiding in the damage to several snapped power poles. Spans of a center pivot were rolled once. The tornado then continued across open fields to west of Balk Rd and US 12 where trees were blown down onto power lines. A piece of metal from the barn roof was wrapped around a pole several feet off the ground. Another center pivot was damaged northeast of this intersection. The tornado then dissipated shortly thereafter.
July 2015FloodOakwood-Water over the roadway.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOakwood-Estimated winds of 65 mph with numerous trees down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOakwood-Tree downed.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOakwood-Law enforcement officials reported a tree branch down onto power lines on US 12 near Klinger Lake.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOakwood-A 40 foot tall, 1 foot diameter tree was down.

Every storm recorded in St. Joseph 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
Breezy Beach0.6 miles15
Klingers1.4 miles15
Sandy Beach1.4 miles15
Bluff Beach1.6 miles15
White Pigeon4.8 miles14
Constantine6.9 miles14
Sturgis7.0 miles10
Centreville8.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624803. 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.