BlockWhite Oak, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31568. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1918 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Waverly 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 White Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,375 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 31 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 | 56 |
| Natural | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Natural | 40 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CAMDEN-010 |
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Oak in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $2,000 | Large trees blown down over rad and powerlines. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $200 | Trees were blown down at the cross section of US Highway 17 and Burnt Fort Road. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | A large tree was blown down onto a car along Providence Church Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| March 2022 | Funnel Cloud | White Oak | - | A woman reported a funnel cloud about 10 to 20 miles north of her location in Kingsland which would put the funnel cloud between Kingsland and Waverly. From her location, she could not determine if the funnel was reaching the ground and no debris or damage was observed. Camden county did not report any damage from this storm. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | White Oak | - | A spotter observed a tornado tracking east near Mile Marker 22 off of I-95 northbound. The extent of damage was unknown as the tornado path was over marshland. The path length was estimated. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | A tree was blown down north of Woodbine. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 252 near White Oak. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 110 northwest of Woodbine. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Trees were blown down on power lines. This resulted in a fire on Mckinnon Road in White Oak. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | A spotter measured wind gusts to 63 mph. |
| April 2010 | Hail | White Oak | - | Quarter size hail was reported near White Oak by local business. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Public report of heavy debris along Interstate 95. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Trees were blown down near Dover Bluff. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Trees were blown down at the Sanctuary Cove Golf Club. |
| July 2008 | Hail | White Oak | - | Golf ball size hail was observed on Interstate 96 at mile marker 21 between Woodbine and Dover Bluff. |
| June 2001 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | White Oak | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bluff | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Refuge (historical) | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hopewell | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Tarboro | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Waverly | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Woodbine | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Halifax | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Runnymeade | 5.0 miles | 18 |
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 White Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2089695 | 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 325163. 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.