BlockOxbow, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1970. It stands in Sodus Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49126. The Survey maps it on the Benton Harbor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1927 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Oxbow between 2018 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 82 - 2020 |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 81 - 2020 |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000339 - 2019 |
| 2 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 52 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 39 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000129 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000128 - 2019 |
| 12 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SODUS TOWNSHIP VFD 0000011 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oxbow: 2 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrien County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dunaetz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Landing | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Buckhorn | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Sodus | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Arden | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Scottdale | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shanghai Corners | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hartman | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hollywood | 3.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634257. 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.