Oneida Center, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Oneida Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48837. The Survey maps it on the Needmore 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.
- 1949 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Needmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Oneida Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WINDSOR TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES 150 - 2020 |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002379 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | POTTERVILLE-BENTON TWP FD 0000123 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002191 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002170 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002169 - 2018 |
| 25 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002194 - 2019 |
| 12 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 198436 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Oneida Center: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pryor Brothers Pit | Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Crandell Brothers Trucking Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harman Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pryor Brothers, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pryor Brothers, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| American Sewer Pipe Co Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Briggs Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Ledge Clay Prod Co Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lawson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lawson Road Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oneida Center in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Oneida Center | $50,000 | I-69 was flooded near Potterville and several roads in the Potterville and Dimondale areas were flooded or washed out with a few cars stalled and flipped over by flood waters. There were no injuries or fatalities. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Oneida Center | $10,000 | Trained spotters reported one inch diameter hail near Oneida Center. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oneida Center | - | A metal roof of a barn was peeled off and several trees were uprooted by estimated winds of 75 mph just north of Mt. Hope highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Ledge | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Needmore | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Delta Center | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hoytville | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mulliken | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| West Windsor | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Potterville | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Whaley Drain | 7.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122546623 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2109950. 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.





