BlockOak Hill, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39862. It stands on Vincey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Holt 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Sasser quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Holt quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 540 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-CALHOUN-001 |
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TERRELL003 |
| 24 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CALHOUN-014 |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-DOUGHERTY-002 |
| 20 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2012: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Oak Hill | - | A storm total of 4.14 inches was measured at the Chickasawhatchee Creek near Albany. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Oak Hill | - | Numerous reports of nickel size hail by the Calhoun County Sheriff. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordrays Mill | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Holt | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Folks (historical) | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Bermuda | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Morgan | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Leary | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dickey | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Williamsburg | 11.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326431. 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.