BlockOak Grove, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Marbury census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36067. It stands on Fox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Old Kingston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Billingsley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Billingsley SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Old Kingston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
298 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,596 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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 | 143 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-14 |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-18 |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browntown | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Wilder Hill (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| New Prospect | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| White City | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Poseys Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Old Kingston | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Level | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Sinai | 5.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156814. 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.