BlockWhite Oak, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36016. The Survey maps it on the White Oak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS White Oak quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1994 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-5 |
| 27 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-7 |
| 27 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-10 |
| 27 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-11 |
| 9 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170809-1 |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of White Oak: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowden Deposits | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowlton (historical) | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gaino | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Olive (historical) | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cotton Hill | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Osco | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Clayton | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Fields (historical) | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Batesville | 7.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157248. 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.