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Oakdale, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mableton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30126. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Atlanta quadrangle.

Oakdale within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale between 1993 and 2019, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
7 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LINCOLN-001
26 July 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2019Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FULTON SOUTH001
16 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 May 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 May 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-COBB-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb 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 Oakdale: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Atlanta Cement PlantStoneProducer
Bellwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alanta Brick & Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 7ClayPast Producer
Sandy Creek MineClayProducer
Stamps MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stamps Mine No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cobb County

Storms near this place

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakdale in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOakdale$3,000Public report of a few trees down near the intersection of Veterans Memorial HWY SE and Oakdale Rd SE.
June 2017Flash FloodOakdale$3,000Public reported standing water on Interstate 285 between Atlanta Road and South Cobb Drive. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred in the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOakdale$2,000Tree down on powerlines near Oakdale Rd and Oakdale Road SE.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindOakdale$1,000A large tree fell across buckner road .
June 2025HailOakdale-Public report of half-dollar sized hail near the Vinings Estates area, just south of Smyrna.

Every storm recorded in Cobb 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
Forest Acres0.6 miles24
Johnstons Crossing0.9 miles19
Vel Manor1.3 miles19
Brookside Village1.4 miles19
Pebblebrook Estates1.6 miles19
Miralia1.6 miles24
Gilmore2.0 miles24
Blackhawk Hills2.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332537. 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.