BlockLone Oak, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Luthersville census division. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grantville quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
On record in Lone Oak
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 1 record
Lone Oak Academylisted 2002
Population over time
3 figuresLone Oak grew from 104 to 114 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 104 | |
| 2010 | 92 | -12 (-12%) |
| 2020 | 114 | +22 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Grantville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
221 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Lone Oak between 1992 and 2019, burning about 737 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 burning | 120 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-TROUP-010 |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COWETA-003 |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COWETA-002 |
| 13 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 32 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lone Oak: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak/Post/Wilkes | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Post | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Wilkes | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Oak in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $300,000 | The Merwiether County Emergency Management Director reported widespread thunderstorm wind damage across the county. Dozens of trees and power lines were down across the county. A total of four homes were damaged in the county. Two mobile homes in Greenville were completely moved off their foundations. One of the homes was destroyed, while the other was heavily damaged. No evidence of a tornado was found. The sun room of another home was damaged from a downed tree. The two other homes sustained minor damage. Ten roads across the county were closed from downed trees and power lines. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $10,000 | Meriwether county 911 and a spotter reported trees down in the Lone Oak community which caused damage to houses and cars. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $5,000 | The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down across the northern part of the county. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $1,000 | Numerous trees were downed between Lone Oak and Luthersville by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marks | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Primrose | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Luthersville | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Allie | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Thompson Crossroad | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rocky Mount | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Woodcraft | 8.2 miles | 8 |
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 Lone Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2179552 | 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 317301. 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.