BlockOak Grove, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30033. It lies near Druid Hill. The Survey maps it on the Northeast Atlanta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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 Decatur quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Northeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Northeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Northeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1993 and 1999, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 October 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | 1 hurt, $15,000 | The DeKalb County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Sycamore Street and East Ponce De Leon Avenue to Sams Street and Shadowmoor Drive at South Columbia Drive. One tree fell onto a house at the Sycamore Street location with one person injured. No information was available concerning the extent of their injuries. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $10,000 | The DeKalb County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown from Decatur to Lithonia, including locations on Wellborn Creek Road, Royal Bluff, Rue De Pierre, Randall Street, Snapfinger Road, Conyers Street and Biffle Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $1,000 | Powerlines down across road at intersection of Hillyer Ave and Brown Pl. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $1,000 | Tree on a house along 7th Ave . |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Oak Grove | - | The Emergency Manager reported roadway flooding near the intersection of Regal Path Lane and Royal Path Court. Radar estimates indicate that between 3 and 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding in the roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Squire Acres | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| North Druid Hills | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| North DeKalb | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Rehoboth | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| La Vista | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Plymouth Colony | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Turner Village | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| North Decatur | 2.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1805272. 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.
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.