BlockRound Oak, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Round Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31038. The Survey maps it on the Gray quadrangle.
On record in Round Oak
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Cabiness-Hunt Houselisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gray quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Round Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 18 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 | 166 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JONES005 |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 9.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019JONES005 |
| 21 September 1993 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge | COMP34WF |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Round Oak: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Round Oak in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Round Oak | $50,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 70 MPH and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down west of Hadaway Road in Jones County. The tornado traveled east crossing Hadaway Road, Hillsboro Lake Road, Hadaway Road a second time and then Hadaway Road once again south of Dumas Road before ending. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. Minor structural damage occurred to one home on Hillsboro Lake Road when a tree was uprooted next to the home. No injuries were reported. [04/03/17: Tornado #17, County #1/1, EF-0, Jones, 2017:049]. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Round Oak | $10,000 | The Jones County 911 center reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Highway 11 and Round Oak Juliette Road to around Highway 129 and Mathis Road. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Round Oak | $5,000 | Multiple trees down near the intersection of Round Oak Juliette Rd and GA Hwy 11. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Round Oak | $2,000 | The Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge personnel reported that several trees were blown down within the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge area. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Round Oak | $1,000 | Tri-county EMC reported thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down on power lines in northern Jones county. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Round Oak | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Round Oak | $300 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Round Oak | - | Golf ball size and smaller hail completely covering ground near intersection of Monticello Hwy and Hadaway Rd. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Round Oak | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in the Gray area. Radar data suggests that similar size hail likely fell from two separate storms, one that tracked across the far northern part of the county near Round Oak and another that tracked across the central part of the county later, just north of Gray. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell (historical) | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Crutchfield (historical) | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wayside | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Smalls Crossing (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Fippin (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bradley | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Blountsville | 7.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356505. 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.