BlockOaky, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30446. The Survey maps it on the Kildare quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
234 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Oaky between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,248 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 45 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 | 127 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-014 |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-016 |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-SCREVEN-009 |
| 11 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-015 |
| 9 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-EFFINGHAM-002 |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-EFFINGHAM-009 |
| 5 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-EFFINGHAM-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554160 | 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 326433. 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.