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White Oak, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shorterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36310. The Survey maps it on the Eufaula South quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.

White Oak within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Smoking1

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
23 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200805-3
28 August 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commission318 SUMMERHILL ROAD, AL
24 August 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1993Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1993Debris and open burning4.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of White Oak: 56 occurrences, 13 past producers, 12 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Barbour County MinesClayProducer
Harbison-Walker Henry County MinesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Henry County MinesClayProducer
W M Bledsoe Henry County MinesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Henry 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
Coates2.9 miles8
Screamer3.2 miles8
Otho5.6 miles8
Scottsboro Crossroads5.7 miles8
Lawrenceville9.8 miles8
Edwin13.8 miles8
Shorterville14.0 miles8
Graball14.2 miles9

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 White OakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196660The 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 128879. 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.