BlockOakland, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Five Points census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36855. It lies near Johnson Island. The Survey maps it on the Abbottsford quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Abbottsford quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 788 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20130909-001 |
| 4 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-20 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TROUP-004 |
| 15 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakland: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers County Gibbsite Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | 1977 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredonia | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Old Atkinson Crossing | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Finley | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Standing Rock | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cumbee Mill | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Stroud | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wards Mill | 6.3 miles | 13 |
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 Oakland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7073933 | 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 156819. 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.