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Oak Grove, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Washington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30673. The Survey maps it on the Aonia quadrangle.

Oak Grove within Wilkes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 587 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 burning74
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Natural5

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-LINCOLN-005
17 September 2001Arson/incendiarism6.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-LINCOLN-004
16 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkes County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 10 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Kyanite, Copper, Gold. 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
Chambers MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1892, 1895
Graves Mountain Kyanite OccurrenceKyanite, Iron-PyritePast ProducerRutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite
Magruder MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Seminole/Magruder/Wardlaw/Jackson VeinsCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Iron-Pyrite, ZincPast ProducerSilver, Gold, Copper, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite
Ce Minerals, Al SilicatesKyaniteProducer
Chamber MineGoldPast Producer
Hilly MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Lon Edmonds MineGoldPast Producer
Colley MineManganesePast Producer1943
Goldman Mn MineManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Wilkes 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
Adasburg1.8 miles13
Metasville3.3 miles14
Aonia4.7 miles13
Porters6.8 miles13
Possie (historical)7.1 miles13
Anne Heights7.3 miles13
Logan7.8 miles13
Floral Hill7.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332527. 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.