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Oak Creek, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hiram census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30157. The Survey maps it on the Nebo quadrangle.

Oak Creek within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

506 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 506 fires within 5 miles of Oak Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 146 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 burning248
Arson/incendiarism146
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural6
Smoking4

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-013
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Oak Creek: 7 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Mica, Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc. 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
Berg ProspectIron-Pyrite, CopperOccurrencePyrite
Little Bob MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1860, 1920
Shirley MineIron-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Dr. Parker's PropertyGoldPast Producer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Shirley MineGoldPast Producer
Berg ProspectSulfurProspect
Choran ProspectMicaProspect
Dean MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Home Place Acres0.3 miles17
Victoria Cove0.4 miles17
Campground School Estates0.5 miles17
Meadowbrook0.5 miles17
Gordon Estates0.8 miles17
Lake Swan0.9 miles17
Pine Forest1.0 miles17
Denton Estates1.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349899. 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.