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Oak Village, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Stewart-Akron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35441. It sits by Logan Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Knoxville quadrangle.

Oak Village within Hale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

77 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Oak Village between 1994 and 2020, burning about 646 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140927-001
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150926-002
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150924-001
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140923-001
20 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hale County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Village: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Akron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gre 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Hale 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
Akron1.9 miles9
Darrah3.2 miles14
Stewart3.2 miles9
Evansville4.2 miles14
New Prospect4.3 miles9
Wedgeworth6.2 miles14
Cypress6.2 miles9
Powers7.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124138. 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.