Oakwood, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Oakwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30566. The Survey maps it on the Flowery Branch quadrangle. 4,822 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,158 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOakwood grew from 3,970 to 4,822 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,970 | |
| 2020 | 4,822 | +852 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Flowery Branch quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Flowery Branch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 394 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 47 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 | 91 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HALL-003 |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HALL003 |
| 24 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HALL-002 |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oakwood: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Creek Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Vickers Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakwood in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1998 | Lightning | Oakwood | $120,000 | Fires caused by lightning strikes destroyed one home on Stacy Drive and damaged three othersin south Hall county. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $50,000 | The public, as well as the local Gainesville newspaper, reported that a number of trees, some very large, were blown down around the county, especially in the Oakwood and Flowery Branch areas. Several power lines were knocked down by the fallen trees. Two homes in the southern part of the county sustained damage when large trees, one of them 65-feet tall, fell on the homes. Other reports from the public indicated that shingles were removed from the the roofs of some homes. Over 7000 people in the county were left without power for several hours following the thunderstorm. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $30,000 | The public reported a large tree blown down on a house in the Oakwood area. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $6,000 | The Hall County 911 center reported several trees blown down from Oakwood to east of Murrayville. Locations include Oak Street in Oakwood where two trees were downed, near the intersection of Twin Oaks Lane and Oakfield Court in Murrayville, and near the intersection of Mt. Vernon Road and Buckhorn Road. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $6,000 | The Hall County 911 Center reported numerous trees down, 3 residences damaged and traffic lights out in the Oakwood area. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $5,000 | Several trees reported down between Flowery Branch and Oakwood, extending east along Poplar Springs Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $1,000 | Tree down along the 4100 block of Railroad Street. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $1,000 | Tree down at Chamblee Road and W White Road . |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $1,000 | Powerline down across roadway on 4800 block of Holiday Villa Dr. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oakwood | - | Quarter sized hail reported along flat creek road. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Oakwood | - | The public reported that nickel to quarter size hail occurred for approximately ten minutes in the Oakwood area. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Oakwood | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Oakwood | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Oakwood | - | The Hall county 911 center reported dime size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Oakwood | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| May 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Oakwood | - | Hall county 911 received separate public reports of funnel clouds near Oakwood and near the intersection of State Road 60 and Nancy Creek Road. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Brook | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Quail Run | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Briarwood | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bentwood | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Blackshear Place | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Holiday Meadows | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Southgate | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Holiday Villa | 1.4 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Oakwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1895174 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 319873. 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.





