BlockOak Level, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Richmond Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31324. The Survey maps it on the Oak Level quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1944 USGS Ossabaw Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Ossabaw Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Oak Level quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Oak Level quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Oak Level between 1992 and 2020, burning about 997 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 56 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Hill | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Keller | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Buckhead | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Myrtle Grove | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cottonham (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fort McAllister | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Belfast | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rabbit Hill | 4.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332533. 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.