BlockOakville, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parrott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39842. The Survey maps it on the Dawson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dawson quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Oakville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 880 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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 | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TERRELL-004 |
| 23 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TERRELL-003 |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TERRELL-002 |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TERRELL-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakville in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakville | - | Two trees were blown down along Jones Mill Road and Hardy Cooper Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakville | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 45 North. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakville | - | A large tree was blown down blocking Kennedy Pond 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeomans | 1.2 miles | 7 | |
| Chenube (historical) | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Worner (historical) | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Parrott | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cottondale | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Bronwood | 5.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332551. 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.