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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.

Wixom within Oakland County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Wixom 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.

YearPeople Change
201013,498
202017,193+3,695 (+27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

24 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOVI FD 0004815 - 2019
7 August 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWALLED LAKE FD 0000573 - 2019
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 192011 - 2019
31 August 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOVI FD 0005330 - 2019
30 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWALLED LAKE FD 0000644 - 2019
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWIXOM FD 0000653 - 2020
26 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 191895 - 2019
2 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOVI FD 0003788 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Plant No 31 PitSilicaProducer
Fyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grand River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haas Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Levy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Molesworth Oakland County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No 30Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No 30 Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portable Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWixom$2,000no account filed
September 2019Thunderstorm WindWixom-Two large pine trees uprooted.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWixom-A small tree was reported snapped off.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWixom-Two large trees blown down blocking road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWixom-A 3 foot diameter pine tree was reported down, snapped at the base.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWixom-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which uprooted an 10 inch diameter tree.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWixom-Large trees were reported blown down.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindWixom-Strong thunderstorm winds blew two trees over near the intersection of Interstate 96 and Wixom Road.
July 2005HailWixom-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
Walled Lake3.1 miles22
Glengary3.3 miles19
Oakley Park3.7 miles22
Wolverine Lake4.0 miles22
New Hudson4.3 miles19
Novi4.4 miles20
Commerce5.2 miles22
Milford5.8 miles19

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 WixomAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2677877The 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.