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Oak Grove, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexandria-Webster Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35905. The Survey maps it on the Glencoe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oak Grove within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

182 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,087 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 58 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 burning60
Arson/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove (historical): 12 past producers, 9 prospects, 9 unknowns, 7 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Graphite. 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
C B Allen AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Grady NortonManganesePast Producer1917
Norton DepositManganesePast ProducerSurface
Pryor Mine/Norton Deposit/Davis GapIron, ManganesePast ProducerHematite
Albert Taylor ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Egbert & Isaac Clark ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
J F Noah ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
J L Johnson MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Milt Phillips ProspectBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Colwell0.7 miles18
Douthrittville (historical)1.2 miles18
Laney1.2 miles18
Reads Mill1.3 miles18
Crystal Springs2.2 miles18
Oak Level2.5 miles18
Mount Gilead (historical)2.6 miles18
Duke2.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140991. 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.