Oscarville, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Cumming census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. It stands on Twomile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flowery Branch quadrangle.
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
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Oscarville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 235 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 40 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 | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HALL003 |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HALL-002 |
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-HALL-002 |
| 26 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | 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 Oscarville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Muddy Creek Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oscarville in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oscarville | $100,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down and damage to a couple of boat docks and outbuildings on the northwest shore of Lake Lanier. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oscarville | $4,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees and a couple of power lines were down near Georgia Highway 369 and the town of Oscarville. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oscarville | $3,000 | The Forsyth county Assistant Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down on power lines. |
| July 2017 | Lightning | Oscarville | $1,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported a home struck by lightning on Flowery Branch Road. No fire was found. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oscarville | $500 | The public reported that a thunderstorm downburst snapped off two large trees, one 70-feet tall and the other 50-feet tall in the Norwalk Subdivision just off Georgia Highway 369 west of Oscarville. The yard was also covered with many downed tree limbs. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Oscarville | - | The public reported hail the size of quarters on Highway 369 near the Lake Lanier Bridge. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Oscarville | - | The Forsyth County 911 center reported dime size hail on Georgia Highway 53 about one mile east-northeast of Chestatee. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Oscarville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestatee | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Coal Mountain | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Dunn | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Pirkle Woods | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cumming | 9.2 miles | 21 | |
| Matt | 10.1 miles | 22 | |
| Drew | 13.3 miles | 21 | |
| Mars Hill Crossroads | 13.3 miles | 21 |
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 Oscarville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q124619726 | 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 326442. 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.





