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Oak Grove, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Woodstock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30102. The Survey maps it on the Kennesaw quadrangle.

Oak Grove within Cherokee 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

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 748 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 95 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/incendiarism95
Debris and open burning82
Misuse of fire by a minor59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1993Debris and open burning29 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHEROKEE-006
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
3 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHEROKEE-003
29 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 20 past producers, 15 prospects, 14 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Silver, 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
Bartow Furnace MineIronPast Producer
Bell-Star MineIron, ManganeseProspect1918
Evalee Richards ProspectZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Allatoona VeinGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Avery MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Chalker MineMicaPast Producer
Delay ProspectMicaProspect
J V Ledford MineMicaPast Producer
Bell-StarGoldPast ProducerVein
CoxGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

17 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 17 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2014Thunderstorm WindOak Grove2 hurt, $50,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down in an area west of Woodstock. One tree fell on a home, trapping and injuring two occupants.
July 2016LightningOak Grove$50,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported three homes struck by lightning on Windridge Drive. One family was displaced by the damage to their home.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$50,000The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported that one large tree was blown down onto a home in the far southwest part of the county near Lake Allatoona and two large trees were down on power lines seven miles west of Woodstock near the Cobb county line.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$20,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across the county in an approximately 10 mile wide swath from Woodstock across Holly Springs and Canton to around Waleska and Ball Ground.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$1,000Several trees down between Oak Grove and Ashley Forest with one on a home just north of Holly St and Ridge St.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$1,000Tree down on structure near the intersection of Jackie Moore Circle and Nowlin Circle.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$1,000Tree down at Brookwood Dr and Alabama Rd .
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$1,000Tree down at Tyson Road and hwy 92 .
August 2024Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$1,000A tree was downed at the intersection of bells ferry rd and old bascomb rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$1,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on Woodstock Road at Sable Trace Lane.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$1,000The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were down in the far southwestern portion of the county.
September 2025HailOak Grove-Several reports of dime to quarter sized hail along Hwy 92 from Acworth to west of Woodstock.
April 2025HailOak Grove-Ping pong ball sized hail measured near the intersection of ridge mill dr and oakside place.
April 2025HailOak Grove-Half dollar sized hail reported near oak grove way and royal oak drive.
April 2025HailOak Grove-Golf ball sized hail reported along oakside place.
June 2025HailOak Grove-Mping report of 1.25 inch hail.
June 2025HailOak Grove-Mping report of 1.25 inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Timberlake North0.3 miles23
Gibson Acres0.3 miles23
The Woodlands0.5 miles23
Oak Grove Estates0.6 miles23
Nowlin Estates0.7 miles23
Brookwood Estates0.9 miles23
Emerald Forest1.0 miles24
Salem Woods1.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1685789. 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.