BlockOxbow, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Saugatuck Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49453. It stands on Goshorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saugatuck quadrangle.
On record in Oxbow
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 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Saugatuck Pump Houselisted 2015 · 0.5 miles away
Navigation Structures at Saugatuck Harborlisted 2001 · 0.7 miles away
All Saints' Episcopal Churchlisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Leiendecker's Inn-Coral Gableslisted 2009 · 0.8 miles away- Saugatuck Gap Filler Annexlisted 2022 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1928 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saugatuck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Oxbow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN #8 |
| 7 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON FD 0000149 - 2018 |
| 16 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2018256 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 02 |
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 01 |
| 26 March 2019 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2019186 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2018146 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oxbow: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laketown Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Saugatuck | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Singapore (historical) | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Saugatuck | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Shorewood | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Douglas | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Beachmont | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Gibson | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Macks Landing | 3.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618376. 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.