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Oak Haven, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.

Oak Haven within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Oak Haven between 1992 and 2019, burning about 462 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 99 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 burning137
Arson/incendiarism99
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Natural2

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 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-014
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-PAULDING-012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oak Haven: 3 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Feldspar, Iron-Pyrite, Sulfur. 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
Coggins and Smith ProspectIron-Pyrite, Sulfur, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Mrs Sunie Clay ProspectSulfurProspect
Turner ProspectMica, FeldsparProspect
J. B. Kemp ProspectGoldPast Producer
J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property)GoldPast ProducerVein
Mason MineGoldPast ProducerVein
W. H. Hadaway ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Mill Creek Station0.3 miles17
Roxana0.7 miles17
Hampton Estates0.7 miles17
Park Place0.8 miles17
Oak Hill1.1 miles18
Etta (historical)1.1 miles17
Hasford Estates1.1 miles17
Cross Roads1.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349901. 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.