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Oak Hill, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 30536. It stands on Licklog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ellijay quadrangle.

Oak Hill within Gilmer 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,274 acres in total. 3 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 burning113
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GILMER-007
16 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 8 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Marble, Dimension. 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
Cartecay Mine (Lucky Eight)GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Gilmer County Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Holt PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Cartecay Iron PropertyIronPast Producer
Ellijay Mining Company PropertyIronPast Producer
T.W.Craigo PropertyIronPast Producer
Tioga Iron Co MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed, Ellijay AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Unnamed, Ellijay Area-AIronPast ProducerResidual
W.H.Eller PropertyIronProspect

Every working recorded in Gilmer County

Storms near this place

5 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 5 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$5,000The Gilmer County 911 center reported a few trees and power lines blown down from the Ellijay and Roy areas north to Cherry Log.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$1,000Emergency Manager reports a tree down blocking the road on Lower Cartecay Rd near Hwy 52.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$1,000Emergency Manager reported a large tree down blocking the roadway at Mt. Zion Rd and Big Creek Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down blocking the road on Lower Cartecay Rd near Hwy 52.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-Two trees reported down on a house on Lower Cartecay Rd near Hwy 52.

Every storm recorded in Gilmer 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
Oakland2.5 miles17
Yukon2.6 miles17
Pike (historical)2.7 miles17
Cartecay3.0 miles17
East Ellijay3.2 miles17
Dyke3.7 miles18
Ella Gap3.7 miles17
Webb3.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332530. 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.

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.