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Oakley, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36792. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle.

Oakley within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

114 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Oakley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 28 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 burning45
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 2-BRIERFIELD, AL
23 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-21
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oakley: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Brierfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit No. 3ClayProducer
Brierfield Furnace PitsIronPast ProducerGoethite
Brierfield PitIronPast ProducerGoethite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Erharkers1.6 miles18
Ashby2.2 miles18
Bibb Mill3.1 miles16
Thomas Mill3.2 miles16
Brierfield3.3 miles18
Sixmile5.6 miles19
Antioch6.0 miles16
Randolph6.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160282. 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.