Fair Oaks, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Fair Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30060. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle. 9,028 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFair Oaks grew from 8,225 to 9,028 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,225 | |
| 2020 | 9,028 | +803 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Fair Oaks between 1992 and 2017, burning about 69 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | FIRE2 |
| 13 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | 90109 |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | JUDGE'S ROW |
| 25 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 May 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | ISLANDFIRE |
| 8 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fair Oaks: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kramper Property | Sulfur | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fair Oaks in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | $25,000 | The broadcast media reported a large tree was blown down onto the corner of an apartment building off of Favor Road NW north of Windy Hill Road. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | $20,000 | The Cobb County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down around Marietta, especially on Pat Mell Road where one tree fell on an unoccupied vehicle. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | $3,000 | The Marietta Daily Journal reported that several trees were blown down by strong straight-line winds along Concord Road in the Covered Bridge Historic District. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Fair Oaks | $2,000 | The USGS stream gage on Nickajack Creek near Mableton reached its flood stage of 10 feet at 748 pm EDT as the final round of heavy showers and thunderstorms tracked from west to east across the area on totally saturated ground from several weeks of flooding rainfall. This incident resulted in only minor debris removal with monetary damages estimated to be $2000. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | - | Report of a tree into house at Kennesaw Dr. and Trailwood Dr. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fair Oaks | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail in the eastern part of Cobb county in the Indian Hills, Crossgate, and Ashebrook area. |
| July 2002 | Flood | Fair Oaks | - | The public reported flooding along Olley Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta Place Homes (historical) | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Whitlock | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Clay Homes | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Marietta | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Hill Homes | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Smyrna | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Northwest Park | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Rose Garden Hills | 3.2 miles | 23 |
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 Fair Oaks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2737933 | 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 331684. 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.









