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Jackson Oak, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Daphne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36526. It stands on North Fork Yancey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Daphne quadrangle.

Jackson Oak within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

48 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Oak between 1995 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 were 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
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150920-009
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission26680 POLLARD ROAD, AL
11 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2010Natural25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission10407 HWY 31, AL
10 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150710-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jackson Oak: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Bal 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Y P S Kaolin ProspectKaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson Oak in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJackson Oak-A line of severe thunderstorms downed numerous trees in the area. One tree landed on a residence.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Daphne1.4 miles21
Park City1.4 miles24
Bridgehead3.1 miles24
Fort McDermott3.3 miles24
Belforest3.4 miles18
Spanish Fort3.6 miles24
Malbis3.9 miles18
Montrose4.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120780. 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.