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Red Oak, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Stockbridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30281. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle.

Red Oak within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Red Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 1 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 burning51
Misuse of fire by a minor38
Arson/incendiarism26
Smoking12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural1

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
6 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Red Oak: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stockbridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rum Bridge Estates0.9 miles21
Mayday (historical)1.1 miles21
Chestnut Lake Estates1.3 miles21
Spivey Chase1.4 miles21
Windhaven Plantation1.7 miles21
Springfield Acres1.7 miles18
Oakwood Manor1.8 miles18
Fairlane1.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671966. 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.