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Oak Bower, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hartwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30643. The Survey maps it on the Hartwell NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oak Bower within Hart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Oak Bower (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 190 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 burning56
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Natural3

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
8 September 2010Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HART-002
6 September 2016Debris and open burning17 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HART-001
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Oak Bower (historical): 7 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Bobo DepositMicaOccurrence
Burco Deposit & R H Burns DepositMicaOccurrence
Cole DepositMicaOccurrence
Fretwell North ProspectMicaProspect
Gaillard MineMicaPast Producer1906, 1943
Gaillard MineMicaPast Producer
Old Parks Property ProspectMicaOccurrence
Sloan Reed DepositMicaOccurrence
Sula Mccurley DepositMicaOccurrence
Thorton DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Hart 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
Monteideo (historical)3.4 miles15
Hartwell4.1 miles13
Reed Creek5.3 miles14
Mount Olivet6.4 miles14
Flat Shoals6.7 miles13
Maretts6.9 miles14
Cross Roads8.2 miles15
Nuberg8.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350756. 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.