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Oak Grove, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hatton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35672. The Survey maps it on the Hatton quadrangle.

Oak Grove within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

71 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1995 and 2019, burning about 470 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning31
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-16
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-3
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-7
21 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Hyde MountainIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$1,000Trees were knocked down on CR 131. Time estimated by radar.
November 2010Flash FloodOak Grove-Flash flooding was reported on County Road 161.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Hatton1.9 miles15
Concord2.1 miles15
Flat Rock2.3 miles15
Wolf Springs2.8 miles15
Ne Smith2.9 miles15
Avoca (historical)3.1 miles19
Loosier4.4 miles13
Edmond5.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156815. 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.