Little Oak, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Henderson-Spring Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36079. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Little Oak between 1994 and 2020, burning about 539 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150810-003 |
| 5 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 2007 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HENDERSON LN, AL |
| 8 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150508-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Little Oak: 42 unknowns, 24 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pik 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Pik 7 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| J Bryce Smith Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Milton McKeller Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Oak in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Little Oak | - | The tornado first touched down on Pike County Road 2228 south of|Troy and west of AL Highway 87, where a few branches were broken|from several trees in the area. It travelled northeastward,|crossing Pike County Lake Road and then AL Highway 87. As it|approached Enzor Road, it caused significant roof damage to the|Troy Parks and Recreation building, as well as the softball|fields at Troy Sportsplex. The tornado began to intensify to|EF1 strength as it approached US Highway 231, causing significant|tree damage, with numerous trees snapped or uprooted, as well as|significant damage to a service station canopy. It continued to|intensify and cause widespread tree damage as it moved up the|Walnut Creek. The tornado gained its maximum strength at 130 MPH|as it approached Elm Street Road, where one home received major|damage and was rendered uninhabitable. Several other homes|received indirect damage from tree fall in the area, where barely|a single tree was left standing. The tornado remained intense as|it crossed Butter and Egg Road, causing widespread tree damage.|The tornado veered slightly eastward and moved into Banks, where|widespread tree damage continued, and a metal building received|significant damage as well. Continuing to the northeast, the|tornado began to gradually weaken in eastern Pike County,|primarily causing more sporadic, less intense tree damage and|minor damage to structures. The tornado continued into Bullock County. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Little Oak | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogwood Acres | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sanders Hill | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hallsville | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Meadow Grove | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hephzibah | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Goshen | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Town and Country Estates | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Allred | 3.7 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565995 | 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 156617. 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.



