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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.

Little Oak within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

66 since 1994

Regional 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150810-003
5 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 2007Natural7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 June 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHENDERSON LN, AL
8 May 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150508-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pik 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Pik 7 Clay ProspectClayProspect
J Bryce Smith ProspectIronProspect
Milton McKeller ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Tornado (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 2012HailLittle Oak-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Dogwood Acres1.7 miles8
Sanders Hill2.0 miles8
Hallsville2.8 miles8
Meadow Grove3.0 miles8
Hephzibah3.2 miles8
Goshen3.5 miles8
Town and Country Estates3.7 miles8
Allred3.7 miles8

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 Q122565995The 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.