Post Oak, Georgia
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boynton Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
475 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 475 fires within 5 miles of Post Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 589 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 52 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 | 257 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CATOOSA002 |
| 9 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CATOOSA-005 |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CATOOSA001 |
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-006 |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Post Oak in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Post Oak | $500 | The Catoosa County 911 Center reported two trees down north of Shookville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Bush | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Blue Spring | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Boynton | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| East Boynton | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Ellie Spring | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Scenic Hills | 2.9 miles | 28 | |
| Love Hill | 3.3 miles | 28 | |
| Red Belt | 3.3 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353315. 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.
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.













