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White Oak, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Red Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35582. It stands on Kimmons Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Grove quadrangle.

White Oak within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

64 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1997 and 2019, burning about 737 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of White Oak: 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Pleasant Site3.8 miles13
Pleasant Grove4.4 miles19
Dempsey5.0 miles12
Guinn Cross Roads5.6 miles12
Jordans Mill6.0 miles11
Pogo6.4 miles13
Seven Pines6.4 miles11
Piney Bend6.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157249. 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.