Oak Grove, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35150. It lies near Merkl Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sylacauga West quadrangle. 564 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOak Grove grew from 528 to 564 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 528 | |
| 2020 | 564 | +36 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sylacauga West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
240 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,045 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 76 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 | 99 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 11 unknowns, 7 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kymulga Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Sylacauga Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sylacauga Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Alabama Marble Co. Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Butler Estate Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Marble City Quarry Co. Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Morretti-Harrah Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Wesson Manganese Mine | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Wesson Mn Mine Big Grunt Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hill | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Five Points | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Walco | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Comerdale | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Gantts Junction | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Odena | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Mignon | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Zubers | 2.8 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Oak Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65835 | The 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 124059. 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.









