Wixom, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wixom City. It lies in ZIP code area 48393. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle. 17,193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
On record in Wixom
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
Detroit Finnish Co-operative Summer Camplisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresWixom grew from 13,498 to 17,193 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 | 13,498 | |
| 2020 | 17,193 | +3,695 (+27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1909 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Wixom quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Wixom quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Wixom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0004815 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALLED LAKE FD 0000573 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 192011 - 2019 |
| 31 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0005330 - 2019 |
| 30 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALLED LAKE FD 0000644 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WIXOM FD 0000653 - 2020 |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 191895 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOVI FD 0003788 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wixom: 13 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant No 31 Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Fyke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grand River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haas Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Levy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Molesworth Oakland County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant No 30 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant No 30 Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portable Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rose Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wixom in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wixom | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wixom | - | Two large pine trees uprooted. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wixom | - | A small tree was reported snapped off. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wixom | - | Two large trees blown down blocking road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wixom | - | A 3 foot diameter pine tree was reported down, snapped at the base. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wixom | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which uprooted an 10 inch diameter tree. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wixom | - | Large trees were reported blown down. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wixom | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew two trees over near the intersection of Interstate 96 and Wixom Road. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Wixom | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walled Lake | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Glengary | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Oakley Park | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Wolverine Lake | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| New Hudson | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Novi | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Commerce | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Milford | 5.8 miles | 19 |
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 Wixom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2677877 | 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 1616671. 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.








