BlockOak Forest, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Forest Park-Morrow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30354. It stands on Thames Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS East Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Oak Forest between 1992 and 2016, burning about 180 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CLAYTON-001 |
| 22 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CLAYTON-002 |
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 Oak Forest: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwelton | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Mountain View | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Coxs Crossing | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Tara Heights | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Forest Park | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Mountain View Plaza | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Manor Ridge Park | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Sweetbriar | 2.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688471. 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.