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Oakland Park, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Savannah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31404. It stands on Grays Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle.

Oakland Park within Chatham County

On record in Oakland Park

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

9 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Oakland Park between 1992 and 2017, burning about 247 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATHAM-002
25 August 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATHAM-004
26 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 1993Recreation and ceremony2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chatham County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oakland Park: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Pigment. 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
Douglas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Savannah Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1955
Flintkote/ Savannah, Ga.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
National Gypsum/ Savannah, Ga.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Chatham 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
Fleetwood0.3 miles17
Spring Hill0.3 miles17
Sunset Park0.5 miles17
Daffin Heights0.5 miles17
Fernwood0.6 miles17
Edgemere0.7 miles17
Parkwood0.7 miles17
Shirley Park0.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694613. 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.