BlockOakdale Estates, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bill Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. It stands on Yellow Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Winston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 662 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 23 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-DOUGLAS-001 |
| 21 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-DOUGLAS-001 |
| 21 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DOUGLAS-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oakdale Estates: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle P Ranch Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No Name | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Estates | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Aline Estates | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Aberdeen Estates | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Imperial Estates | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| West Lake | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kings Point | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fouts Mill | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Shallowford Heights | 1.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686514. 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.