Oak Grove, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hartford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36344. The Survey maps it on the Geneva East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Geneva East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 480 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120831-001 |
| 27 July 2009 | Natural | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD. 16, AL |
| 7 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Silica | Producer | Quartz | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $10,000 | Pictures and videos of damage to a couple of buildings in Oak Grove were relayed by local media. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Oak Grove | - | County Road 16 was reported underwater at the intersection of Highway 52E and East County Road 16 was reported underwater in front of 2266. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highfalls | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Kellys Crossroads | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Vanlandingham Mill | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hartford | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Thurston | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Millville (historical) | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| High Bluff | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Black | 5.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132162. 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.






