BlockOak Grove, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Uvalda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30410. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
298 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 939 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 30 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 burning | 170 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MONTGOMERY-009 |
| 29 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MONTGOMERY-001 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MONTGOMERY-008 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TOOMBS015 |
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 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $8,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported around 10 trees blown down near the intersection of North Old River Road and Deer Run Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $7,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from McGregor Alston Road to the Buckhorn Creek area. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $6,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down along Fire Tower Road between Highway 221 and Milligan Creek Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $6,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down and four power poles snapped in the Alston area. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Oak Grove | - | The Emergency Manager reported water over Fire Tower Road. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain quickly fell over the area, resulting in the flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petross | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Alston | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ailey | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| McGregor | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Vernon | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Uvalda | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Higgston | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Charlotteville | 8.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326429. 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.