BlockWesley Oaks, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the St. Simons census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31522. It stands on Postell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brunswick East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1945 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wesley Oaks between 1994 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GLYNN-002 |
| 3 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 May 1994 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 May 2001 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GLYNN-036 |
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 Wesley Oaks: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Village Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Meadows | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Oglethorpe Park | 0.3 miles | 17 | |
| Kelvin Grove | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Central Park | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Youngwood | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Riverview | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Simons Heights | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Devenwood | 0.7 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563807 | 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 1671605. 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.