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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.

Oxford within Oakland County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Oxford 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,436
20203,492+56 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

7 since 2018

Regional 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 use6
Smoking1

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
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOXFORD FD 181049 - 2018
5 May 2018Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRANDON FD 0000475 - 2018
23 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOXFORD FD 180758 - 2018
17 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesORION TOWNSHIP FD 0000198 - 2019
1 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOXFORD FD 180632 - 2018
13 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesADDISON TOWNSHIP FD 0000156 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sibley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
American Aggregate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Granger Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford Pit No. 311Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

36 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2021Flash FloodOxford$3,400,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindOxford$100,000Widespread trees down, with all trees in downtown Oxford damaged.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindOxford$100,000Widespread trees down, with all trees in downtown Oxford damaged.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOxford$50,000A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindOxford$35,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindOxford$27,000no account filed
August 2003LightningOxford$15,000Lightning struck the Oxford Village Dispatch Center's 110-foot tower causing widespread equipment failure and damage.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindOxford$10,000Several one foot diameter tree limbs were blown down and a large tree was blown onto a house, causing some damage to the roof.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOxford$10,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOxford$5,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindOxford$2,000A large tree was uprooted which lead to downed power lines.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindOxford$1,000Power line down on building.
June 2009HailOxford$1,000Minor damage to vehicles reported.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindOxford-Report of 6-8 inch trees limbs down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindOxford-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds and pea size hail.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindOxford-Trees reported down.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindOxford-Tree damage reported.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindOxford-A fence was reported blown over.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindOxford-Large trees were reported blown down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindOxford-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 2005Thunderstorm WindOxford-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust
June 2005Thunderstorm WindOxford-Large tree limbs were reported blown down.
August 2003LightningOxford-Lightning struck an electrical pole on Metamora Road, causing a fire.
July 2023HailOxford-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOxford-no account filed
June 2013HailOxford-no account filed
July 2012HailOxford-no account filed
June 2009HailOxford-no account filed
June 2009HailOxford-no account filed
June 2009HailOxford-no account filed
June 2008HailOxford-no account filed
July 2005LightningOxford-no account filed
May 2003HailOxford-no account filed
May 2003HailOxford-no account filed
June 1998HailOxford-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindOxford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Waterstone1.4 miles14
Lake Orion3.1 miles13
Lake Orion Heights3.8 miles14
Thomas4.2 miles12
Rudds Mill4.6 miles13
Oakwood4.8 miles14
Walters5.8 miles14
Lakeville6.1 miles13

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 OxfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2212049The 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.