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White Oak Estates, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bill Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30187. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle.

White Oak Estates within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of White Oak Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 594 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 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 burning48
Arson/incendiarism37
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Natural5.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1993Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2015Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-DOUGLAS-001
7 July 1995Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-DOUGLAS-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of White Oak Estates: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Gold, Copper, Sulfur. 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
Circle P Ranch Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Douglasville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Keaten-Thomas ProspectIron-Pyrite, Gold, CopperOccurrenceGossan
Keaton-Thomas ProspectSulfurProspect
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
No Name, Lot 77 2nd Dist.GoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Glen Ridge0.9 miles17
Laurel Heights0.9 miles17
Bright Star1.3 miles17
Seminole Valley1.5 miles17
Imperial Estates1.5 miles17
Johnson Land1.6 miles17
West Lake1.6 miles17
Montage Manor1.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686555. 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.