Oak Grove, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port St. Joe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32456. The Survey maps it on the Port Saint Joe quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Oak Grove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Centennial Buildinglisted 1996 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1943 USGS Port St. Joe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Port St. Joe quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Port St. Joe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,694 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RUTHERFORD RD (23) |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHELL ROAD #1 OF 3 (23) |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SHELL ROAD #2 OF 3 (23) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Magnesia Solar Evapor. Plant | Magnesite | Plant | ||
| Premier Services - Plant | Magnesite | Producer | Brine |
Storms near this place
6 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 6 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $5,000 | Downed cable lines were reported in Port St Joe. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $1,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line near 13th and Monument Ave. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Oak Grove | - | The Gulf County Emergency Management reported that many roads were flooded. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Oak Grove | - | Water was reported over several roadways in the Port St Joe area. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Oak Grove | - | Portions of Oak Grove Ave were underwater. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Oak Grove | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Ridge | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Niles | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Port Saint Joe | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Milltown | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Highland View | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Odena | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Indian Pass | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| White City | 7.6 miles | 14 |
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 Oak Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29094693 | 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 287933. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









