Oakwood Manor, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Stockbridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30281. The Survey maps it on the Stockbridge quadrangle.

Oakwood Manor within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood Manor between 1992 and 2017, burning about 350 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 26 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	69
Misuse of fire by a minor	31
Arson/incendiarism	26
Smoking	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	3

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
6 September 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oakwood Manor: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Madras Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Stockbridge Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Henry 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
Springfield Acres	0.3 miles	18
Windhaven Plantation	0.6 miles	21
Spivey Chase	1.0 miles	21
Rum Bridge Estates	1.1 miles	21
Chestnut Lake Estates	1.5 miles	21
Red Oak	1.8 miles	21
Mayday (historical)	1.9 miles	21
Mahers (historical)	2.2 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671947. 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.