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Oak Creek Estates, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Northeast Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30066. The Survey maps it on the Kennesaw quadrangle.

Oak Creek Estates within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Oak Creek Estates between 1992 and 2012, burning about 233 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 28 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 burning31
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2

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
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHEROKEE-003
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oak Creek Estates: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kennesaw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Van ProspectGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
J V Ledford MineMicaPast Producer
M M Cole MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Blackwell Chase0.8 miles23
Addison Heights1.0 miles23
Russell Plantation1.0 miles23
Heritage Farms1.1 miles23
Pine Valley Farms1.1 miles23
Vandiver Heights1.4 miles23
Cobb Place Manor1.4 miles23
Lansdowne1.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686007. 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.