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Oakland, Georgia

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

Oakland within Gilmer County

On record in Oakland

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 1 record

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

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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,209 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 burning77
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
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
13 September 1993Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oakland: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gilmer County Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cartecay Mine (Lucky Eight)GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
UnknownGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Gilmer County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland in 1 storm report in 2020: 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 2020HailOakland$200,000The Public reported hail the size of golf balls near the intersection of Highway 52 and Rackley Road.

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
Cartecay0.6 miles17
Pike (historical)2.2 miles17
Roy2.3 miles22
Oak Hill2.5 miles17
Dyke2.7 miles18
Rolston3.6 miles22
Licklog (historical)3.8 miles17
Snider (historical)4.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332545. 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.