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Oostanaula, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Valley-Resaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30701. The Survey maps it on the Plainville quadrangle.

Oostanaula within Gordon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Oostanaula between 1992 and 2019, burning about 677 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 64 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 burning129
Arson/incendiarism64
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FLOYD004
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GORDON-007
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GORDON-006
28 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gordon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oostanaula: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Calhoun Shale PitClayPast Producer
Floyd PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
C.J.Hord PropertyIronProspect
C.S. Bryan PropertyIronUnknown
Old Alabama MineIronPast Producer
Sugar Valley Land Company MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gordon County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oostanaula in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 5 hail, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008HailOostanaula$1,000,000The public reported baseball-sized hail in Oostanaula, half-dollar-sized hail southwest of Calhoun, and quarter-sized hail near the Bartow county line about six miles south of Calhoun. Hail covered the ground up to two inches deep south of Calhoun. The public estimated wind gusts at 60 mph near the Bartow county line, but other than a few tree limbs, no other damage was reported.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindOostanaula$50,000The Gordon County Emergency Management Director reported that strong thunderstorm straight-line winds blew down a number of trees across the county. The majority of the damage appeared to be concentrated in the Fairmount area, where some minor structural damage was observed.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOostanaula$8,000The public reported that the roof of a church sustained minor damage from winds in Calhoun. Roof panels were torn off the building.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOostanaula$6,000The Gordon County 911 Center reported several trees blown down across the county, including in the Calhoun area.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOostanaula$5,000The public reported trees and power lines blown down near the intersection of Miller Road and Hunt Road just off of Highway 156.
March 2008HailOostanaula-The public reported nickel-sized hail.
October 2005HailOostanaula-The Gordon County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
November 1997HailOostanaula-Gordon county 911 reported dime size hail.
April 1998HailOostanaula-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gordon 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Reeves1.4 miles17
Rocky Creek (historical)2.9 miles17
Calhoun3.7 miles19
McDaniels4.0 miles19
Curryville4.3 miles17
Echota4.7 miles19
Lily Pond4.7 miles19
Sugar Valley5.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356447. 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.