Oaklawn, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Barwick-Pavo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31626. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle.

Oaklawn within Brooks County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:62500
1978 USGS Dixie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Oaklawn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 778 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning	129
Arson/incendiarism	22
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Smoking	3
Natural	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-BROOKS-002
3 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-BROOKS-003
29 September 2003	Debris and open burning	7.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2019	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020THOMAS005
18 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-THOMAS-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brooks County

Storms near this place

10 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oaklawn in 10 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
April 2022	Tornado (EF1)	Oaklawn	$10,000	This is a continuation of the Thomas county EF1 tornado into Brooks county with max winds estimated at 105 mph. This tornado touched down just west of GA Highway 33 in Thomas County south of Barwick. The tornado crossed the highway and impacted a single family home causing roof and chimney damage to the residence. One barn was destroyed on site and another was heavily damaged. Homes directly east of the initial residence had only cosmetic damage, though large pecan trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado crossed Dixie Barwick Road southeast of Barwick where numerous trees in the area were snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued through rural portions of the county, damaging a barn south of Barwick Road. The tornado crossed Moore Road and caused substantial tree damage with several large pines snapped. An abandoned residence in the area suffered damage from fallen trees. The tornado crossed Barwick Road near Coffee Road and continued causing significant tree damage around a residence on Coffee Road. An outbuilding at this residence suffered structural damage. The tornado continued along Coffee Road, eventually lifting in the vicinity of Tallokas Road south of Willis Road.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklawn	$4,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklawn	$3,000	Power lines were blown down in Barwick at Clifford and Coffee Streets.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklawn	$2,000	A tree was blown down resulting in a power outage along Dixie-Barwick Road just south of Coffee Street near Barwick.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklawn	$2,000	Power lines were blown down in Barwick along the county line.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklawn	-	Trees were blown down along Dixie Barwick Road.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklawn	-	A tree was blown down at Dry Lake and Ozell Road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklawn	-	Trees were blown down near Barwick.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Oaklawn	-	A tree was blown down onto Hutchinson Road.
November 2025	Hail	Oaklawn	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brooks 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pidcock	4.8 miles	8
Hollis	5.1 miles	8
Dixie	5.9 miles	8
Emerson	7.6 miles	8
Pavo	7.6 miles	8
Grooverville	8.9 miles	7
Pebble Hill	9.7 miles	8
Shelly	10.4 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332549. 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.

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.