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Oak Park, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It lies near Peavine Ridge. The Survey maps it on the LaFayette quadrangle.

Oak Park within Walker County

On record in Oak Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

443 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 443 fires within 5 miles of Oak Park between 1992 and 2019, burning about 876 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 125 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 burning263
Arson/incendiarism125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-009
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oak Park: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Wilmer Frye ProspectIron, ManganeseProspect
Boss Tripoli MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Horine Development Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Patton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Glenn ProspectIronProspect
McLamore's Cove Area-BIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge Area-CIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warrenfel's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker 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
LaFayette0.5 miles25
Skyline Heights0.7 miles25
Linwood0.8 miles25
Dogwood Circle1.0 miles25
Winwood Forest1.5 miles25
Meadowview1.6 miles25
Fairview Heights2.0 miles25
Pledger Parkway2.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354154. 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.