Oxford, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Oxford Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48371. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle. 3,492 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.
On record in Oxford
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 1 record
Oxford Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresOxford grew from 3,436 to 3,492 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,436 | |
| 2020 | 3,492 | +56 (+2%) |
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
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Oxford between 2018 and 2019, burning about 7 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 | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019 |
| 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 |
| 17 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORION TOWNSHIP FD 0000198 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OXFORD FD 180632 - 2018 |
| 13 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON TOWNSHIP FD 0000156 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oxford: 6 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Pit No. 311 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oxford in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 21 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Oxford | $3,400,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $100,000 | Widespread trees down, with all trees in downtown Oxford damaged. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $100,000 | Widespread trees down, with all trees in downtown Oxford damaged. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $50,000 | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $35,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $27,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Oxford | $15,000 | Lightning struck the Oxford Village Dispatch Center's 110-foot tower causing widespread equipment failure and damage. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $10,000 | Several one foot diameter tree limbs were blown down and a large tree was blown onto a house, causing some damage to the roof. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $2,000 | A large tree was uprooted which lead to downed power lines. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $1,000 | Power line down on building. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oxford | $1,000 | Minor damage to vehicles reported. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | Report of 6-8 inch trees limbs down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds and pea size hail. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | Trees reported down. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | Tree damage reported. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | A fence was reported blown over. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | Large trees were reported blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | A local newspaper included a picture of a large 100 year old maple tree down in front of a home. The only damage was to some flowers. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | Large tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Oxford | - | Lightning struck an electrical pole on Metamora Road, causing a fire. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterstone | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Orion | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Orion Heights | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Thomas | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rudds Mill | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Oakwood | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Walters | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeville | 6.1 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Oxford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2212049 | 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 634267. 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.







