BlockOak Grove, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wauchula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33873. The Survey maps it on the Zolfo Springs quadrangle. It stands 92 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Zolfo Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,520 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2003 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-15-1059 |
| 6 June 2002 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MURPHY ROAD (25) |
| 21 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | COLLEGE LANE (25) |
| 21 June 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. E. Carlton | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Uranium | Prospect | Surface | |
| Farmland Hardee Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1955 | |
| Farmland/Ona Area-Small Ownership | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free | Prospect | 1965 | |
| Mississippi Chemical Corp - Hardee | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1967 |
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.
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 Q29094685 | 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 287931. 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.