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.
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.
Cartecay Methodist Church and Cemeterylisted 2001 · 0.7 miles away
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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GILMER-007 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer County Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cartecay Mine (Lucky Eight) | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Hail | Oakland | $200,000 | The Public reported hail the size of golf balls near the intersection of Highway 52 and Rackley Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartecay | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Pike (historical) | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Roy | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Oak Hill | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dyke | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rolston | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Licklog (historical) | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Snider (historical) | 4.2 miles | 17 |
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.









