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Thomas, Michigan

12 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 Metamora quadrangle.

Thomas within Oakland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Thomas between 2010 and 2019, burning about 14 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
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
30 September 2010Debris and open burning7.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAPEER 01
31 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMETAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000243 - 2018
17 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMETAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000218 - 2019
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOXFORD FD 181049 - 2018
23 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOXFORD FD 180758 - 2018
7 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHADLEY TOWNSHIP FD 0719066 - 2019
23 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMETAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000115 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Thomas: 7 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
Metamora Pit and MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford Pit No. 311Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parrish Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Oakwood2.2 miles14
Waterstone3.0 miles14
Oxford4.2 miles14
Perry Lake Heights6.6 miles13
Lake Orion7.2 miles13
Lake Orion Heights7.7 miles14
Ortonville8.0 miles13
Leonard8.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1614749. 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.