BlockOakland, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30218. The Survey maps it on the Gay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Gay quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
172 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 1992 and 2019, burning about 976 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 | 112 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MERIWETHER003 |
| 21 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MERIWETHER-006 |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MERIWETHER005 |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MERIWETHER-011 |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakland: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Shoals Prospect | Granite | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332546. 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.